Honorable Mention / 2024 / Portraiture / Culture

• Photographer
  Guy Needham, New Zealand

In the distant land of Papua, Indonesia, live the Dani tribe. Although thousands of years old, they were unknown to the rest of the world until 1938. Today they still live a simple life and, while not isolated from the march of modernity, their traditions and values have endured. Dani men are renowned for their formidable appearance – including wearing the horim or penis gourd. The elders still adhere to the old ways and the tribe embraces traditional dress when it comes to ceremony. This generous portrait is of Lokop, one of elders of the Dani in Anemoigi village.