#ethiopian photographer

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The Depths of Self-Portraiture

The Photographer Fighting Visual Clichés of Africa

Aïda Muluneh’s vibrant images explore Ethiopian identity, and her photo festival aspires to shape a new vision of the continent.

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A Rare Sight

An Ethiopian wolf sits among purple flowers in Ethiopia’s Bale Mountains National Park.

by Axel Gomille

Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

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Aida Muluneh

Ethiopian photographer art

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tilet cross cyanotype on misc. music paper developing†, Dec 2024

more process videos soon!

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Sweet November 2023

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Aïda Muluneh (Ethiopia, b. 1974)

Aïda Muluneh (born 1974, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Ethiopian photographer, educator, and entrepreneur known for her Afrofuturist photography that incorporates vibrant colours and body painting to create surreal scenes. via Wikipedia #PalianSHOW

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Ethiopian wolf pollinators (transparent version)

"You really have to go where you have large flower fields," [Sandra Lai] says. "You wait for a long time. If you are lucky, a wolf will come." Lai's colleague, Adrien Lesaffre, was lucky. Over several days, he spotted and photographed half a dozen wolves feeding on the nectar. (NPR)

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Ethiopian

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Now that I'm back from the gem and mineral show, here are all the Cool Rocks I came home with!

A cute little coral fossil! He looks like a cauliflower.

A Keokuk geode! These geode beds aren't far from where I live, and it's always fun to have local specimens.

Phosphosiderite! This purple stone comes from Chile. It's so soft that it has to be stabilized with resin before it's cut. This one is a cross section of a botryoidial formation!

Speaking of botryoidial, this Hematite! Botryoidial means it has a bubbly shape kind of like a bunch of grapes. The faces of the bubbles on this pieces are super shiny and metallic.

Dendritic chalcedony, from Turkey! It's a white chalcedony full of dendrites - branching formations of manganese that look kind of like trees!

A cabochon for my cab collection! This one is made from a material sometimes called "ajooba jasper." The pattern is actually a cross section of a bunch of colorfully jasperized bivalve fossils!

Speaking of jasper, this one is Blue Mountain jasper, from Oregon! The circles in this stone are what’s known as an “egg pattern,” and jaspers which have them (Blue Mountain, Imperial jasper, and a few others) are collectively known as “fine jaspers,” the most valuable jaspers in the world.

Hyalite opal! This stuff forms water-clear spheres that look like jelly.

It fluoresces bright green under UV light!

Now to show off this year's haul of awesome agates!

Dryhead agate, from the Bighorn Mountains in Montana! This agate is named after the many bison skulls found in the area. A weird shaped guy with awesome red and orange bands.

Bou Lili agate, from Morocco! I like the name of this one. Soft banding and very subtle, muted colors. I've heard that this locale can produce peachy colors too.

Bear Canyon agate, from the Pryor Mountains in Montana! Agates from this locale have very stark black and white banding.

Red Fox agate, from Argentina! Sometimes this material is also called "crater agate" because the area it comes from is near the crater of an ancient volcano.

A Blue Sky thunderegg, from New Mexico! Thundereggs from this locale often have this two pointed, saucer-like shape.

It fluoresces really brightly!

Dulcote agate, from England! The bands of this agate are full of calcite, which gives them a strange, distinct texture.

Malawi agate, from Malawi! See all the cracks in it? Almost all Malawi agates have them. Frequent earthquakes due to the East African Rift cause these agates to crack and fracture.

Paint Rock agate, from Paint Rock Valley in Alabama! This agate is very rarely banded, and usually just contains swirls of red and yellow color.

A big, unpolished slab of Montana agate! This agate is known for its clear banding and black lines and spots, which are caused by manganese dendrites.

It's best viewed with some light behind it!

A smaller piece with really amazing dendrites!

Here it is backlit!

Fighting Blood agate, from Hebei Provence in China! This locale is known for its super saturated reds and yellows. This piece has purple amethyst crystals growing inside! They didn't photograph well; they are much more purple in person.

A really weird Fighting Blood agate! This one lacks the bright colors typical of this locale, but makes up for it with that super cool spiderweb pattern!

And finally, as is tradition, I came home with some Ethiopian opals! Here are the five I got this year.

And that's everything I got at the show!

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Pics That Capture The Beauty Of Humans That’s Often Overlooked

Ethiopian Beggar Boy With Blue Eyes On The Streets Of Jinka, By Mike Eloff

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Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis) resting on grass with flowering Rift Valley sage (Salvia merjamie) behind, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. The world's rarest species of wild canid, found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, fewer than 500 remain in the wild. Endangered. Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition 2023 People's Choice Award.

Photographer: Axel Gomille

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May I request Alpine herps? Are there any?

Alpine Herps:

I can think of a few alpine herps for you...

Alpine Salamander (Salamandra atra), family Salamandridae, Allgäu, south Germany

photographs by Thomas Huntke & Markus Bartels

Alpine Newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris), family Salamandridae, found across much of Europe

photograph by Joxerra Aihartza

Ethiopian Mountain Adders (Bitis parviocula), family Viperidae, endemic to Ethiopia

ENDANGERED.

photographs by Daniel Kane

Jackson’s Chameleon (Trioceros j. jacksonii), male, family Chamaeleonidae, found in the mountain forests of Kenya and Tanzania.

Photograph by Reptiles4all

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In southern Ethiopia, a boy named Melekamu, affectionately called Abushe—meaning “little boy” in his local language—has drawn significant attention for his striking blue eyes. Tourists and photographers, captivated by this rare feature, often pay him $30 to $50 for photographs. While this visibility highlights the beauty of Ethiopia’s diversity, it raises critical questions about the ethical responsibility to protect local communities from commodification. How can governments and communities work together to ensure the dignity and well-being of individuals like Abushe while fostering pride in Africa’s rich cultural and anthropological heritage?

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(Scotland, Highlands Council Area)

The satyrs (Homo faunus) are native to the temperate mountainous regions of Europe, and in historical times, have been pushed back to the Scottish Highlands, Pyrenees Mountains, the Carpathians, while an isolated population exists in the Ethiopian highlands. The photographs above were all taken in Scotland. They are a mono-gender species. Their X and Y chromosomes merged, which may possibly be related to their unusual leg morphology. Their ears are variable, being humanlike or elflike. This was once believed to be evidence that the satyrs were a hybrid species. However, genetic testing has disproved this. The satyrs are a fully integrated species, having no tribes of their own. They historically were bards and storytellers, and were believed to be a magical. They typically settled at very low population density, spreading themselves thin the regions around their home mountain ranges, often one family to a village. They are the only humanoid that (generally) has the same 'racial' features are the local human population. Like other non-human humanoids, the satyrs do not do well in cities, due to their weaker immune systems. They can be found all over Scotland and the North of England, often in traditional pubs working as bartenders or singing during traditional folk celebrations. While some believe that satyrs to be lucky, they were also historically associated with the vices of alehouses and brothels, and were expelled from the British Isles under Cromwell. Fortunately, most remained in hiding, and the expulsion was repealed at the Restoration of Charles II. The satyrs, being mono-gender, do not marry, and so have come into conflict with more fundamentalist religious sects. They also have a reputation as tricksters. This is, at least in part due to them embracing the whimsical role assigned to them by human society. Their deep, strong singing voices and natural charisma have been valued by many human cultures.

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“Movement” – a series of photographs by Ethiopian photographer Girma Bert 🇪🇹

In this series, the self-taught photographer sought to capture the soul and energy of African capitals. Using the shutter speed effect, Girma created dynamic portraits of people on bicycles on the streets of Morocco, Uganda, Mali and other African countries.

“My style of photography aims to capture the unique energy and personality of the people living in Africa. I'm particularly drawn to the vibrant atmosphere of big cities, where people from all walks of life come together,” says Burt.