Honorable Mention / 2020 / Portraiture / Culture

Mundari Cattle Herder

The Mundari, also referred to as Mandari, are a small ethnic group and one of the Nilotic peoples, living north of the capital of Juba, South Sudan. Like other Nilotic tribes, they are very cattle-oriented and treasure their cattle more than anything else and are said to sleep close to their most prized cow. Their cattle serves as food, a form of currency and a mark of status.

Joe Buergi is a people, travel and landscape photographer based in Switzerland. His curiosity for the people and the world in different ways have influenced his desire to travel to new and unfamiliar places. Through his travels he has developed his own photographic style. Some say that it is unique, simple and compelling. He is into black & white and also color photography.