ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Portrait of a Himba girl from the Kunene area, Namibia.

For a Himba woman, her hair is her power. These semi-nomadic people live in one of the most extreme environments on earth, the deserts that border Namibia with Angola. As water is scarce they use a mixture of pastes on both their bodies and hair. These pastes blend the aromatic resin of the omazumba shrub with animal fat and ground red pigmented stone. This ‘otjize’ paste gives the women’s skin and hair a distinctive red glow which symbolizes both blood, the essence of life, and the earth’s rich red color.

AUTHOR
Alex started out as a multi-genre photographer, but over time he became more and more inspired by the natural beauty of the female form, which was reflected in his beautiful pictures and understated photographic style.

Today, influenced by his personal journey of self-discovery, Alex embraces a much deeper psychological concept of aesthetics and how we personally perceive our own beauty and appearance. Through his photo shoots, Alex collaborates intimately with models strip away many of our programmed and conditioned concepts of manufactured beauty to help expose and capture their true essence and inner beauty within.

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