Documentary - Ethiopia - Headed South

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This series of photographs follows the long journey from Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa to the Omo River Valley in the southwest on the borders of Kenya and Sudan. Addis Ababa is busy with traffic, construction and a mix of all of Ethiopia's ethnic groups quite often living on top of each other in shanty towns. Heading south the landscape changes to smaller towns, less infrastructure, and areas of distinctive groups that define the different regions. After passing city's like Awassa or...
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This series of photographs follows the long journey from Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa to the Omo River Valley in the southwest on the borders of Kenya and Sudan. Addis Ababa is busy with traffic, construction and a mix of all of Ethiopia's ethnic groups quite often living on top of each other in shanty towns. Heading south the landscape changes to smaller towns, less infrastructure, and areas of distinctive groups that define the different regions. After passing city's like Awassa or Arba Minch the road turns to dirt and small towns are simply meeting places for tribal groups to sell and buy needed goods.
The Omo River Valley is a harsh landscape of seasonal floods and droughts. Famine is not uncommon and this area is often a focal point of international aid. Government efforts have been made to develop this region but governments change and projects are abandoned.
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