Advertisement
It s not easy to experience other cultures right now, but through a stunning new photography book you can get a beguiling insight into the world s most colourful communities from the comfort of your own home.
Vulnerable by Olga Michi, published by teNeues (www.teneues.com), features hundreds of striking photographs of indigenous people taken everywhere from Ethiopia to extreme north-east Russia.
Set against powerful black backdrops, the portraits capture both the historical and contemporary elements of indigenous life around the globe in order to portray cultures and individuals in flux .
In her introduction to the book, Michi says: Some are dressed exclusively in the traditional garb of their ancestors, while others hold guns or sit astride motorcycles; here we have traditional jewelry and textiles cohabiting with boomboxes, AK-47s, iPhones and keyrings. I have lived among and learned from the way of life of indigenous peoples from the Kalahari to the Arctic