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I Spent 20 Days In Tanzania Where I Discovered A Whole New World Of Tribes
I’m Vlad Cioplea, a photographer from Romania. This autumn I went to Tanzania, Africa, to photograph Maasai, Bushman and Tatoga tribes because I’ve always liked to discover people from different cultures and passions. Because of that, a year ago, I started my first project with my friends and their passions, “100 Friends”.
I went to Tanzania on 12 October, on Columbus Day, and I spent 20 days there. I slept in savanna surrounded by wild animals. I spent time with people from Maasai tribe where I found out that young boys are circumcised at the age of 14 and then they are sent away from the village. They have to live on their own and eat meat from what they hunt.
From Bushman people I learned hunting techniques. Despite the fact that they insisted, I couldn’t eat monkey meat. And a young girl from Tatoga tribe thought that people from Europe eat each other.
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Sisters
Thoughts
Handcrafts
Hope
Village
Light
Smile
Hero
Getting ready
Hunter
Power
Grinder
Jump
Maria
Mountain of God
Dream
Joy
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JaredC 8 years ago
Nat Geo or Times would eat this up. Great work! You really captured the spirit of this tribe.
VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you very much, Jared C! I appreciate that! :)
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VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Ch.Batzaya! Keep up the good work. I like it! :)
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Michel Guntern 8 years ago
A very profitable 20 days, Vlad. I hope you sell these to a quality magazine.
Vlad Cioplea 8 years ago
Thank you Michael! :) I didn't sell those pictures yet.
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WinstonShaw 8 years ago
Beautiful work!!!!! Posed and yet still extremely candid in spirit. Sadly, probably way too beautiful for National Geographic who seems to insist that in order to be good photos have to be formulaic. These are anything but that. Please keep making images and sharing them here.
VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Winston! I'm happy that you like my work and I'll try to do my best next time! :)
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VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Radu! Good luck with your brave journey! :) I'm waiting for some more pics.
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VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Jake! I appreciate that! :)
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VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Ciprian! Most of them, specially those with Maasai were taken at sunrise, 7am. :)
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KennethSilagy 8 years ago
As a photographer Myself I really enjoyed this set. I noticed that everyone has personal decoration in the form of jewelry. Tanzania is noted for their gem mining near the mountain of the gods
VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
They have tanzanite discovered in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near Arusha and Kilimanjaro. Thank you Kenneth! I appreciate that. :)
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VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Ear piercing and the stretching of earlobes are also part of Maasai beauty, and both men and women wear metal hoops on their stretched earlobes. Also, when they do their traditional welcome dance metal keeps the rhythm.
Load More Replies... JaredC 8 years ago
Nat Geo or Times would eat this up. Great work! You really captured the spirit of this tribe.
VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you very much, Jared C! I appreciate that! :)
Load More Replies... VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Ch.Batzaya! Keep up the good work. I like it! :)
Load More Replies... Michel Guntern 8 years ago
A very profitable 20 days, Vlad. I hope you sell these to a quality magazine.
Vlad Cioplea 8 years ago
Thank you Michael! :) I didn't sell those pictures yet.
Load More Replies... WinstonShaw 8 years ago
Beautiful work!!!!! Posed and yet still extremely candid in spirit. Sadly, probably way too beautiful for National Geographic who seems to insist that in order to be good photos have to be formulaic. These are anything but that. Please keep making images and sharing them here.
VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Winston! I'm happy that you like my work and I'll try to do my best next time! :)
Load More Replies... VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Radu! Good luck with your brave journey! :) I'm waiting for some more pics.
Load More Replies... VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Jake! I appreciate that! :)
Load More Replies... VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Thank you Ciprian! Most of them, specially those with Maasai were taken at sunrise, 7am. :)
Load More Replies... KennethSilagy 8 years ago
As a photographer Myself I really enjoyed this set. I noticed that everyone has personal decoration in the form of jewelry. Tanzania is noted for their gem mining near the mountain of the gods
VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
They have tanzanite discovered in the Mererani Hills of Manyara Region in Northern Tanzania in 1967, near Arusha and Kilimanjaro. Thank you Kenneth! I appreciate that. :)
Load More Replies... VladCioplea (Post author) 8 years ago
Ear piercing and the stretching of earlobes are also part of Maasai beauty, and both men and women wear metal hoops on their stretched earlobes. Also, when they do their traditional welcome dance metal keeps the rhythm.
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