Amongst the corn

Posted by Helen (Melbourne, Australia) on 28 February 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

Miao tribeswoman from Basha village brushing her hair. In Guizhou Province of China many tribes are identified by the way women wear their hair, for example Side Comb Miao and Long-horn Miao. Many Dong women pride themselves on having the longest hair in the world.

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Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

What an amazing photo with the corn and the hair! Beautifully composed and processed as ever Helen!

28 Feb 2007 6:38am

Manuela Photography from Hainburg (near Frankfurt/Main), Germany

She looks as if caught in the act... lovely.

28 Feb 2007 9:41am

anden from Malaysia

are those corn?wow...look at the size of them...ur photo speak of size as u've managed to put in a scale (the lady).....

28 Feb 2007 11:15am

Jerry from Tampa, United States

Helen - this is such a great shot! How interesting! great colors - what beautiful long hair!

28 Feb 2007 11:24am

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Great composition and candid shot!

28 Feb 2007 3:00pm

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Absolutely wonderful candid Helen. wonderful photojournalistic eye!

28 Feb 2007 3:17pm

Anne from White Rock, Canada

All of the above Helen - I really love your photos - they teach us lots we don't know! :)

28 Feb 2007 3:58pm

@Anne: ,,, as I am learning from all of you. Thanks for the encouragement. :-)

objectif-plume from Belgium

wow! le maïs qui pend... c'est magique. très beau portrait!

28 Feb 2007 7:53pm

Daniel from United States

Cool shot. She has some long hair!!

3 Mar 2007 2:57am

C!arch from Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam

I really like this series. I am from Vietnam, so find something similar to my country!

18 Mar 2007 1:27am

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