Namibia – my third visit to this wonderful land, again in autumn on the Southern Hemisphere, besides Landscape Photography was dedicated to People Photography. For that we went to the extreme North of the country, the boundary to Angola, to Kaokoland. That is where the 500m wide Cunene River , coming from neighbouring Angola, drops in a series of waterfalls, spread over 1.5km with the greatest single fall of 37m. Kaokoland is the region where the indigenous tribes of the Himba live, semi-nomadic pastoralists people. Our route up there led us through regions in central Namibia where the Herero people live, people who are known for their women’s distinctive colourful dresses looking like patchwork and horizontally horned headdresses, most colorful sights. The tour was well organised and guided by the professional Australian photographer Ben McRae of http://www.benmcraephotography.com/ and our local guide Morne.

Being more at home with photography of landscape and objects, to take photographs of people for me would be like intruding into their lives, a step I was and still am reluctant to take. Ben’s guidance and excellent preparation allowed us to take glimpses into the lives of the people we met on our way.