![Boe Naurori - warrior - 21 years old, 2017 Boe Naurori warrior](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC0800.jpg)
![Musa Isaiah - warrior II - 26 years old, 2018 Musa Isaiah warrior II](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC6367.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/maasai_DSC0805.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/maasai_DSC0806.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0761.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0766.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0773.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0783.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0799.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0868.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0877.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0897.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0923.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0960.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0961.jpg)
![Gloria - Head girl - 23 years old, 2017 Gloria Head girl](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0963.jpg)
![Boe Naurori - warrior - 21 years old, 2017](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC0800.jpg)
![Musa Isaiah - warrior II - 26 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DSC6367.jpg)
![Gloria - head girl - 23 years old, 2017](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/maasai_DSC0805.jpg)
![Kupai - warrior I - 34 Years old, 2017](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/maasai_DSC0806.jpg)
![Lemaron Mpatiany - warrior III - 18 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0761.jpg)
![Dan Parmaurt - warrior IV - 19 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0766.jpg)
![Kiranto Muserian - warrior V - 25 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0773.jpg)
![Lenkai - warrior VI - 24 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0783.jpg)
![Nekishon (Gloria´s mother) - farmer - 46 years old](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0799.jpg)
![Lenkai - warrior VII - 24 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0868.jpg)
![Musa Isaiah - warrior VIII - 26 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0877.jpg)
![Nailepu Naurori - midwife - 67 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0897.jpg)
![Jane Kuldu - head girl - 18 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0923.jpg)
![Kiliya Sairowua - school boy - 12 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0960.jpg)
![Lemita Sairowua - head boy - 10 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0961.jpg)
![Lemara Tukai - head boy - 10 years old, 2018](http://robertamarroquin.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/masai-0963.jpg)
Homassai
Homaasai is a portrait series of a Maasai tribe in Southern Kenya. Each portrait opens a doorleading to a parallel dimension where timeless aesthetic sensibilities intertwine with acultural heritage. The photographies from the Homaasai series are done in completedarkness inside the sitters’ homes, their most intimate space.Without electricity, these interior domestic spaces are enveloped by darkness. Therefore, it takesa couple of minutes for the eye to adapt to the dimly lit environment. The only natural light in thespace shines through small cavities in the walls of Homaasai homes. Since very few rays of lightmake their way inside, the light painting portraits acquire a strong meaning and becomeincreasingly significant. I grant an experience to everyone to be defined by the unique featuresand postures of the indigenous people. Through the images from the Homaasai series, I invitethe viewer to take a step into a limbo of time and understand the solemnity of the tribe.
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