Photo Gallery

Children in Venice - California, U.S.A.

Tuareg child - Framed by a tuft of hair dedicated to Allah and amulets bearing verses from the Koran, the look of this boy scans his whole future dedicated to faith. - Tezirzek / Aïr / Niger

Kids games - When his feet touch the ground, it will be time for the older child to become a man. Then the carefree days of childhood and adolescence will come to an end. - Niger / fountain of Tezirzek / 1992

Mother and children at the Arali camp site. (Oued Issaouane, Aïr, Niger)

Indonesia - After a swim in the Amboine Bay on the peninsula Ambon

A young Bolivian is doing his homework on the steps of the sanctuary of Tiahuanaco.- Bolivia

This Tuareg boy´s hair plaits are consecrated to Allah. - Campement Abakaoua / Puits de Faris / Tezirzek / Aïr / Niger

In the Belén district of Iquitos, two boys are playing with their marbles. - 1969

Two boys hawking their coconuts - Las Lajas on the Pacific Ocean. - 1977

Illizi in Algeria: This Tuareg boy is the son of Amastan, a noble Targui. - Algeria - 1962

Girls as well as boys help to bring the cattle to the drinking trough. - Eskiman well - Niger - 1970

Joining forces makes it easier to lift the water bag - Eskiman well - Niger - 1970

The Indian child between two cultures. A church in the village of Hagwilget, near Hazelton, is a symbol of the white world.

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Crieur de journaux de la ville d'Arequipa jouant à la toupie. - 1969

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L'Amazone vue depuis le quartier de Belén, à Iquitos. - 1969

The legends are only available in German, French or Spanish
Offert en holocauste au dieu Soleil, comme calmement endormi d'hier, la tte entre les mains et prêt à s'éveiller, le petit prince inca du Cerro El Plomo, au Chili, devait avoir neuf ans. Lui aussi comblé d'offrandes d'or et d'argent, d'amulettes emplumées, coiffé de cent vingt-trois nattes, anesthésié de coca et de chicha, il garde miraculeusement depuis plus de cinq cents ans les couleurs de la vie. Porté en litière jusque sur la cime sacrée où le gel le surprit et le momifia, découvert en 1954, il dort aujourd'hui dans un... réfrigérateur au Museo de Santiago, Chili!

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Ein Knabe der Kogi-lndianer. - 1977

The legends are only available in German or Spanish
Bolivianisches Straßenbild: Ein Knabe im Dörfchen Tiahuanaco, unweit des gleichnamigen gewaltigen Ruinenkomplexes aus der Vorinkazeit macht seine Schularbeiten auf der Steintreppe vor dem Haus. - 1976

People from the province of Paruro participate in a folk festival in Cuzco - Young boy with a hat made of dried agave leaves. - 1969

The village of Juli on the southwest bank of Lake Titicaca was a religious center during the colonial period. This is reminiscent of a number of churches, the rich interior of which testifies to the past glory. Here is an imposing portal in front of the Santa Cruz Church, over whose esplanade two boys lead their pigs. - 1969

The estancia is a small town. It includes many different buildings. Sometimes there is even a school, which is attended by the children of the farm workers. This saves the pupils the trip to the next village, which is often dozens of kilometres away. A single teacher teaches the little ones and the big ones. Our picture was taken during the break in the school of the estancia “Palitué” (Neuquén province). Little José Luis Jimenéz, son of a peon, drinks his cup of milk. - 1973

Humahuaca in the north of the Jujuy Province - the boy Juanito is sitting on a Coca Cola box and selling his pottery. - 1973

A Guarani boy at the mission station of Padre José Marx SVD in San Ignacio - Province of Missiones - 1973

A capataz of the estancia “La Amalia” (Entre Ríos province) with one of his children. The number of gauchos on the estates is quite large. They are placed under the orders of a supervisor, the capataz, who enjoys the confidence of the owner. - 1973

In Salta in northwest Argentina, the Spanish colonial style is still omnipresent, even though one of the decisive movements of the Argentine War of Liberation, the Gaucho Uprising, broke out here around 1810. Martin Miguel de Güemes, the leader of the rebellious gauchos, lives on in all hearts here, and the anniversary of his death (17 June 1821) sees all the gauchos of the surrounding area in red poncho (with the black ribbon of mourning), adventurously deformed sombrero and sweeping guardamontes. - 1973

The tradition of the gaucho begins in his youth. - Molinos, Salta Province - 1973

If the gaucho has more than the bare necessities, he is soon the head of a large family. Far from all the comforts of civilisation, the gaucho is also a naïve painter and schoolmaster at the same time. - Estancia Palitué, Province Neuquén. - 1973

On a small island belonging to the Panamanian archipelago of San Blas, a Cuna boy plays with his dog. - 1977

A Mayan woman visits the health post in Santa Cruz Verapaz with her son. - 1977

Harvest in the grain fields near Quezaltenango. This boy carries a sheaf of wheat. - 1977

In San Pedro Yepocapa in the department of Chimaltenango, students parade on 15 September 1977, the bank holidays of Guatemala. On 14 October 1974, this place was partially destroyed during the eruption of the Fuego volcano. - 1977

On the steps in front of the Santo Tomás church in Chichicastenango. - 1977

This gate in Oualata (Ouig Bir) impresses with its monumental appearance. But stylistically it is already strongly influenced by nearby Mali, the home of such rich and diverse Sudanese art. Here, the masonry is no longer made of stones, but of unbaked mud bricks dried in the sun and joined together with an earth mortar. Remarkably solid, as long as it does not rain, these buildings have the disadvantage of dissolving in water with astonishing rapidity, which is why constant attention must be paid to the condition of the roof. - Mauritania - 1970

The interior decoration of the houses of Oualata (Mauritania), here the house of the prefect, is linked to the brilliant doctrine that flourished in this town between the 16th and 18th centuries and attracted many foreigners. It deeply shaped the local, very puritanical mores, and one of the social consequences was the confinement of women. Struggling with boredom, they came up with the idea of richly decorating the interior of the house. The painting was applied to the whitewashed walls with a finger. - Mauritania - 1970

From an early age, the Tuareg boy gets used to the harsh life of the desert. He looks after the camels and the herds of goats, takes them to the wells to drink. When he reaches puberty, he receives the tagulmust from his father, the veil he puts around his head and never takes off in front of the women, not even to eat. - Algeria - 1966

A Daouda boy weaving a ribbon. - Edeyen of Oubari - Libya - 1964

These unique houses with the baobab tree in the background can be found in the small village of Somo, which lies between Bamako and Ségou. - Mali - 1969

At the well of Ekisman - Early practice for those who want to become real shepherds. - Niger - 1970

Thirst is quenched directly at the well - Ekisman - Niger - 1970

You can even use the precious water from Eskiman's well to wash your hair. - Niger - 1970