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AFRICA, MEMOIR, SPIRITUALITY, TRAVELYamuna FlahertyDecember 26, 2018kassala, sudan, jebel totil, sufi, islam, muslim, travel, travel photography, documentary photographer, documentary photography, seyyid hassan, spirituality, travelogue, travel memoir, explorer, yamuna flaherty, portrait, jebbana, coffee culture, gratitudeComment

Last Night in Kassala

Finding the Value of Life in Sudan

AFRICA, MEMOIR, SPIRITUALITY, TRAVELYamuna FlahertyDecember 26, 2018kassala, sudan, jebel totil, sufi, islam, muslim, travel, travel photography, documentary photographer, documentary photography, seyyid hassan, spirituality, travelogue, travel memoir, explorer, yamuna flaherty, portrait, jebbana, coffee culture, gratitudeComment
Last Night in Kassala
TRAVEL, INDIA, CULTURE, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyDecember 09, 2018zanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, travelerComment

The Holy Road Less Traveled

Crossing Thresholds of Fear in Zanskar

TRAVEL, INDIA, CULTURE, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyDecember 09, 2018zanskar, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, buddhism, tibetan buddhism, india, himalayas, padum, leh, road trip, monastery, monks, portrait, portraiture, travel photography, street photography, buddhist monk, buddha, isolation, dalai lama, prayer, landscape, mountains, phugtal gompa, phugtal, prayer wheel, pilgrimage, trekking, suitcase mag, holy road, pilgrim, travelogue, travel memoir, travelerComment
The Holy Road Less Traveled
INDIA, CULTURE, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyJune 01, 2018india, migrant worker, migrant, racism, bihar, bihari, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, changtang, highway, road workers, stereotypes, labourers, storytelling, photo essay, street photography, himalaya, high altitude, mountains, social stigma, marginalized, marginal, liminal, identity, tibetan plateauComment

Building India's Highest Roads

Migrant Labour in India’s Himalayas

INDIA, CULTURE, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyJune 01, 2018india, migrant worker, migrant, racism, bihar, bihari, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, changtang, highway, road workers, stereotypes, labourers, storytelling, photo essay, street photography, himalaya, high altitude, mountains, social stigma, marginalized, marginal, liminal, identity, tibetan plateauComment
Building India's Highest Roads
CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, CANADA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyMay 15, 2018mohkinstsis, first nations, indigenous, native indian, blackfoot, siksika, tsuu t'ina, paul band, calgary, alberta, canada, truth and reconciliation, healing, tipi, spirituality, storytelling, photo essay, portrait, portraiture, residential school, colonization, soaring eagles, protest, activism, cash starlight, justice, racism, aboriginal, dehumanization, elbow river, addiction, red road, drumming, drum, creator, round dance, justin trudeau, treaty 7, stereotypes, settler culture, culture, social stigma, roots, decolonizationComment

Mohkinstsis

First Nations Healing Camp in Calgary

CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, CANADA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyMay 15, 2018mohkinstsis, first nations, indigenous, native indian, blackfoot, siksika, tsuu t'ina, paul band, calgary, alberta, canada, truth and reconciliation, healing, tipi, spirituality, storytelling, photo essay, portrait, portraiture, residential school, colonization, soaring eagles, protest, activism, cash starlight, justice, racism, aboriginal, dehumanization, elbow river, addiction, red road, drumming, drum, creator, round dance, justin trudeau, treaty 7, stereotypes, settler culture, culture, social stigma, roots, decolonizationComment
Mohkinstsis
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyMay 10, 2018morocco, fes, fes-el-bali, africa, tannery, leather, chouara tannery, souq, market, medina, doors, travel, artisanal, islam, kilim, UNESCO, merchant, art, world heritage, explorer, traditions, leather work, mosque, madrassa, photo essay, street photography, portraitureComment

Chouara Tannery

The Heart of Fes-el-Bali

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyMay 10, 2018morocco, fes, fes-el-bali, africa, tannery, leather, chouara tannery, souq, market, medina, doors, travel, artisanal, islam, kilim, UNESCO, merchant, art, world heritage, explorer, traditions, leather work, mosque, madrassa, photo essay, street photography, portraitureComment
Chouara Tannery
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyApril 18, 2018ethiopia, abyssinia, travel, portrait, explorer, photo essay, street photography, documentary photographer, africa, christianity, fritata tree, tekeze river, nature, tree, survival, wag himra, sekota, amhara, highlands, rural life, simplicity, storytelling, humility, jesus christ, church, spirituality, pilgrimage, salt of the earth, jesus, aksum, history, horn of africa2 Comments

Salt of the Earth

The People of Wag Himra

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIR, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyApril 18, 2018ethiopia, abyssinia, travel, portrait, explorer, photo essay, street photography, documentary photographer, africa, christianity, fritata tree, tekeze river, nature, tree, survival, wag himra, sekota, amhara, highlands, rural life, simplicity, storytelling, humility, jesus christ, church, spirituality, pilgrimage, salt of the earth, jesus, aksum, history, horn of africa2 Comments
Salt of the Earth
INDIA, TRAVEL, CULTURE, INDIGENOUSYamuna FlahertyApril 12, 2018narikuravar, india, tamil nadu, portraiture, dalit, marginal, community, charity, letsbuildawell, gypsy, gypsies, poverty, family, family portraits, house, borewell1 Comment

When the Gypsies Settle

The Narikuravar of Tamil Nadu

INDIA, TRAVEL, CULTURE, INDIGENOUSYamuna FlahertyApril 12, 2018narikuravar, india, tamil nadu, portraiture, dalit, marginal, community, charity, letsbuildawell, gypsy, gypsies, poverty, family, family portraits, house, borewell1 Comment
When the Gypsies Settle
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyApril 03, 2018india, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chaiComment

If You Miss the Train

A Taxi Ride Through the Nilgiris

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyApril 03, 2018india, south india, mettupalayam, tamil nadu, ooty, nilgiris, travel, taxi, family vacation, portrait, portraiture, street photography, photo essay, silver lining, indian history, colonization, hill station, unesco, monkey, chaiComment
If You Miss the Train
CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyMarch 30, 2018culture, travel, India, tamil nadu, documentary photography, photo essay, idaikattur, sacred heart of jesus, christianity, spirituality, religion, architecture, kol, kolam, portraiture, portrait, yamuna flaherty, rice paddies, tropical, south india, family, motherlandComment

The True Sacred Heart

Heart-Opening in my Motherland

CULTURE, TRAVEL, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyMarch 30, 2018culture, travel, India, tamil nadu, documentary photography, photo essay, idaikattur, sacred heart of jesus, christianity, spirituality, religion, architecture, kol, kolam, portraiture, portrait, yamuna flaherty, rice paddies, tropical, south india, family, motherlandComment
The True Sacred Heart
TRAVEL, CULTURE, HISTORYYamuna FlahertyNovember 23, 2017ghana, slavery, transatlantic slave trade, slave trade, gonja, dagomba, tourism, hausa, portrait, history, black history, africa, identity, salaga, northern region, portugeuse, black lives matter, black bodies, racism, intergenerational trauma, healingComment

Salaga Slave Market

On the Transatlantic Slave Route

TRAVEL, CULTURE, HISTORYYamuna FlahertyNovember 23, 2017ghana, slavery, transatlantic slave trade, slave trade, gonja, dagomba, tourism, hausa, portrait, history, black history, africa, identity, salaga, northern region, portugeuse, black lives matter, black bodies, racism, intergenerational trauma, healingComment
Salaga Slave Market
CULTURE, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyOctober 18, 2017culture, traditions, fire festival, ghana, tamale, northern region, dagomba, dagbon, dagbani, portrait, fire, bugu, bugum chugu, northern ghana, face paintComment

Frightened in Ghana

Experiencing the Fire Festival of Dagbon

CULTURE, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyOctober 18, 2017culture, traditions, fire festival, ghana, tamale, northern region, dagomba, dagbon, dagbani, portrait, fire, bugu, bugum chugu, northern ghana, face paintComment
Frightened in Ghana
TRAVEL, INDIA, LIFESTYLEYamuna FlahertyOctober 18, 2017matancherry, kerala, cochin, india, spice route, trade, port, portrait, portraiture, documentary photography, street photography, street life, labourersComment

Mattancherry

Follow your nose along Cochin’s Spice Route

TRAVEL, INDIA, LIFESTYLEYamuna FlahertyOctober 18, 2017matancherry, kerala, cochin, india, spice route, trade, port, portrait, portraiture, documentary photography, street photography, street life, labourersComment
Mattancherry
TRAVEL, CULTURE, INDIAYamuna FlahertyOctober 14, 2017nomad, changtang, ladakh, india, himalaya, yak, mountains, nomadic, portrait, black and white, photo essayComment

So, You Think You're a Nomad?

Then You Haven't Met a Real One.

TRAVEL, CULTURE, INDIAYamuna FlahertyOctober 14, 2017nomad, changtang, ladakh, india, himalaya, yak, mountains, nomadic, portrait, black and white, photo essayComment
So, You Think You're a Nomad?
MEMOIR, INDIA, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017India, photo essay, street photography, documentary photography, ancestors, rituals, traditions, culture, tamil nadu, tiruvanamalai, head shaving, tonsure, tonsuring, sacred hair cut, letting go, spiritual transformation, release, Tribe de MamaComment

Hair Offering

A Sacred Haircut in Tiruvanamalai

MEMOIR, INDIA, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017India, photo essay, street photography, documentary photography, ancestors, rituals, traditions, culture, tamil nadu, tiruvanamalai, head shaving, tonsure, tonsuring, sacred hair cut, letting go, spiritual transformation, release, Tribe de MamaComment
Hair Offering
TRAVEL, MEMOIR, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017india, rajasthan, portrait, portraiture, street photography, documentary photography, photo essay, culture, tribalComment

Meeting Mother India

The Women of the Aravalli Hills

TRAVEL, MEMOIR, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017india, rajasthan, portrait, portraiture, street photography, documentary photography, photo essay, culture, tribalComment
Meeting Mother India
CULTURE, INDIA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017india, tamil nadu, travel, tea plantations, bonded labour, slavery, teapickers, western ghats, low caste, south india, photo essay, portraiture

The Truth About Your Tea

Indentured Labour on Tea Plantations

CULTURE, INDIA, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017india, tamil nadu, travel, tea plantations, bonded labour, slavery, teapickers, western ghats, low caste, south india, photo essay, portraiture
The Truth About Your Tea
TRAVEL, LIFESTYLE, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017gavdos, greece, europe, travel, wanderlust, hippy, bohemian, wild, photo essay, documentary photographer2 Comments

Off-the-Grid in Gavdos

Searching for Ithaka

TRAVEL, LIFESTYLE, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017gavdos, greece, europe, travel, wanderlust, hippy, bohemian, wild, photo essay, documentary photographer2 Comments
Off-the-Grid in Gavdos
CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017india, culture, narikuravar, dalit, low caste, portrait, beauty, women, portraiture, girls, water, well building, humanitarian, social work, photo essay, documentary photography, street photography, caste system, poverty, social justice, sari, roam magazine, marginal, marginalized1 Comment

Untouchable Beauty

The Dalits of Tamil Nadu

CULTURE, INDIGENOUS, SOCIAL JUSTICEYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017india, culture, narikuravar, dalit, low caste, portrait, beauty, women, portraiture, girls, water, well building, humanitarian, social work, photo essay, documentary photography, street photography, caste system, poverty, social justice, sari, roam magazine, marginal, marginalized1 Comment
Untouchable Beauty
TRAVEL, SPIRITUALITY, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017sudan, suakin, africa, portrait, portraiture, black and white, street photography, documentary photography, photo essay, poetryComment

The Strangest Town in Sudan

A Walk Through Otherworldly Suakin

TRAVEL, SPIRITUALITY, AFRICAYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017sudan, suakin, africa, portrait, portraiture, black and white, street photography, documentary photography, photo essay, poetryComment
The Strangest Town in Sudan
TRAVEL, CULTURE, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017harijan, bhirendiara, india, gujarat, travel, documentary photography, street photography, desert, tribe, kutch, bhuj1 Comment

The Heart of Tribal India

Living with Gypsies in Kutch

TRAVEL, CULTURE, MEMOIRYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017harijan, bhirendiara, india, gujarat, travel, documentary photography, street photography, desert, tribe, kutch, bhuj1 Comment
The Heart of Tribal India
TRAVEL, PERSONALYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017istanbul, europe, lifestyle, bosphourus, ancient citiesComment

10 reasons I'd live in Istanbul

At Home on the Silk Road

TRAVEL, PERSONALYamuna FlahertyOctober 10, 2017istanbul, europe, lifestyle, bosphourus, ancient citiesComment
10 reasons I'd live in Istanbul
CULTURE, INDIA, INDIGENOUSYamuna FlahertyOctober 08, 2017india, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photographyComment

The Beauty of the Brokpa

In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great

CULTURE, INDIA, INDIGENOUSYamuna FlahertyOctober 08, 2017india, ladakh, jammu and kashmir, travel, tribal, beauty, traditions, brokpa, dah hanu, dah, costumes, flowers, portrait, portraiture, documentary photographyComment
The Beauty of the Brokpa
TRAVEL, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyOctober 08, 2017ethiopia, africa, harar, islam, chat, qat, narcotic, intoxicant, market, horn of africa, portrait, portraiture, black and white, street photography, documentary photographyComment

The High Life

Qat-chewing in Harar

TRAVEL, CULTUREYamuna FlahertyOctober 08, 2017ethiopia, africa, harar, islam, chat, qat, narcotic, intoxicant, market, horn of africa, portrait, portraiture, black and white, street photography, documentary photographyComment
The High Life
TRAVEL, MEMOIR, SPIRITUALITYYamuna FlahertyOctober 04, 2017travel, wanderlust, walk about love, israel, pilgrimage, tribe, community, desert, spirituality, photo essay, transformation, judea, yamuna flaherty, negevComment

Walk About Love

My Journey Across the Desert of Israel

TRAVEL, MEMOIR, SPIRITUALITYYamuna FlahertyOctober 04, 2017travel, wanderlust, walk about love, israel, pilgrimage, tribe, community, desert, spirituality, photo essay, transformation, judea, yamuna flaherty, negevComment
Walk About Love

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