Photos: Namibia's 'Heroes'

Photos: Namibia's 'Heroes'


These stunning photos are a part of Jim Naughten's "Heroes" series. He says, "Each image, a portrait of Herero tribe members of Namibia,

reveals a material culture that harkens the region’s tumultuous past: residents wear Victorian era dresses and paramilitary costume as a direct result and documentation of its early 20th century German colonization."

See more photos here via African Digital Art.

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