The photographer captures both the diversity of the women and the things they have in commonClick to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)AN ASTONISHING series of portraits showing the diverse beauty of women throughout the world has been released to mark International Women’s Day 2017, which takes place tomorrow. The photos, taken by French photographer Eric Lafforgue, include a mother and her albino baby from the Mwila people of southern Angola, the hard stare of a Wakhi nomad woman in Afghanistan, and a striking image dominated by the blue eyes of a young Syrian refugee in Iraq. There is also a surreal image, taken in Pyongyang, North Korea, of a woman dressed in pink in the middle of a crowd of uniformed soldiers. The photographer, who started the project in 2006, said: “I have realised that you can show so much with the eyes, the attitude and the smiles. The community is also spread throughout Tajikistan, Pakistan and Xinjiang

Source: Ethiopian News March 07, 2017 14:13 UTC