Honorable Mention / 2020 / Portraiture / Culture

Woman from Kapoeta

The Toposa are an ethnic group in South Sudan, living in the Greater Kapoeta region of the erstwhile Eastern Equatoria state. They have traditionally lived by herding cattle, sheep and goats, and in the past were involved in the ivory trade. They have a tradition of constant low-level warfare, usually cattle raids, against their neighbors.

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.