Kenya in Profile: Portraits of East Africa


  • Photographer
    Drew Doggett
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Company/Studios
    Drew Doggett Photography
  • Date of Photograph
    06/01/2017

In the Rendille culture in Northern Kenya, traditions are preserved through the elders instilling their importance in the youngest generations. These portraits, taken on a barren salt flat in the Chalbi desert, show the confident young females of the Rendille tribe wearing their customary beaded jewelry. These are young women on the brink of adulthood and they wear their ornamentation with pride, following in the cultural footsteps taught to them by their mothers. Jewelry is one of the ways that creative expression is emphasized in this environment, and despite lack of access to resources like water, it is a priority.

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