Mia Collis

Portraits: Portrait Singles

 

  • The sacrifice of Zebu (a Malagasy cow) is generally used to honor or win permission of the ancestors.  By showing respect through sacrificial ceremony,  the ancestors are thought to intervene on behalf of the living.
  • Du Toit family portrait
  • Sunni Bride
  • Child in Ranomafana
  • First Cry
  • Pigs
  • Laugh
  • Girl
  • Child
  • Kenya's Middle Class
  • This was taken in Esther's last week of work before she retired. Esther worked in my family home for 36 years.
  • 3 inmates sit for portraits at Nairobi West Prison, Kenya. Michael (far right) is HIV positive and is enrolled in the prisons Voluntary Counseling  and Testing programme, funded by The Global Fund. Rape within the prisons is very high and consequently so is the spread of HIV. Some prisoners arrive HIV positive but others will contract it serving their sentence.Photographs taken for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - www.theglobalfund.org
  • Asian African Community in Kenya- A great grandmother sits with a newborn baby.
  • Fashion Portrait
  • VinayaSky
  • Nairobi, Kenya
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  • The Asian community celebrate Dashera- {quote}The Burning of a Demond{quote} in the festive month of Dewali.
  • An artist stands by the River Niger. Bamako, Mali.
  • Yawn
  • Sunday Best at Weekend Studio
  • Worth More Alive
  • Hidden Addiction
  • Notes from a heroin den
  • ZEBRA PEOPLE
  • Box Girls
  • Miss Confidence
  • Northern Uganda
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  • 24 hours in Bangkok
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    • Giraffe kisses
    • Classical Indian Dance
    • HIV/AIDS treatment
    • celebration of the goddess
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