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Old woman with her grandchildren from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of an elderly lady from Niaro together with two of her grandchildren
Old woman with her grandchildren from Niaro

Nomad from the Bayuda with his children and camels

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a Nubian nomad from the Bayuda with his two camels and his two sons. The camel is still the main means of transport for the nomads in Sudan, if they can afford one. We met the group on a tour through the Bayuda far from any settlement.
Nomad from the Bayuda with his children and camels

Woman from Fungor

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Snapshot: A woman walking along one of the paths between the huts of Fungor. The fact that she suddenly looked to the side gives the image a strong dynamic that fascinated me at that moment.
Woman from Fungor

Tea shop lady from Karima

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a tea shop lady from Karima
Tea shop lady from Karima

Two travellers in Abu Hashim

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Two travellers in Abu Hashim, snapshot. Their clothes show that they are not from Sudan. Their colourful dresses contrast nicely with the turquoise of the dress of the woman in whose direction one of them is looking
Two travellers in Abu Hashim

Musa from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Musa, one of the excavation workers from the Hassaniya tribe who assisted in the Humboldt University excavations in Musawwarat
Musa from Musawwarat

Men from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of five men from Musawwarat. They all belong to the Hassaniya tribe and worked as excavation workers on the Humboldt University of Berlin's excavations in Musawwarat in the 1990s. The young man on the right in the foreground is Ahmed ed Dali, son of Mohammed Ahmed ed Dali, the rais of the nomadic group inhabiting the region of Musawwarat.
Men from Musawwarat

Young man with Kalashnikov from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The Nuba men usually carry their weapons with them at all times, not only the former SPLA fighters…
Young man with Kalashnikov from Niaro

Women and children in Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Women and children in a lane of the small village, which lies in the middle of the outcrops in the Nuba Mountains in Niaro.
Women and children in Niaro

Man and son from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Detail of the portrait series of the man with his son
Man and son from Niaro

Tim Kendall during excavations at the Jebel Barkal

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Photo of Tim Kendall documenting the inscriptions on the freshly excavated columns in the palace of the Kushite king Aspelta - a dusty affair. In the background is El-Hassan from the Sudanese Heritage Department, supervising the excavations.
Tim Kendall during excavations at the Jebel Barkal

Mechanics in a Khartoum car workshop

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the mechanics during the repair of my Landcruiser in Khartoum
Mechanics in a Khartoum car workshop

Old woman from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of an elderly lady from Niaro
Old woman from Niaro

The guard of the el-Kurru cemetery at his home

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the guard of the Cushite cemetery of el-Kurru in his courtyard in the village of el-Kurru. He is standing in front of the wreckage of his old taxi, which he always wanted to restore, but which apparently never happened. In the foreground a hibiscus plant with red flowers.
The guard of the el-Kurru cemetery at his home

Nuba girl with her little brother from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a little girl who, like a mother, is holding her little brother in her arms. She looks a little uncertainly into the camera, as she has probably not encountered a photographing European too often. The little boy, on the other hand, looks very calmly, almost even dignified into the camera. The Nuba love jewellery and wear necklaces and bracelets every day since their early childhood.
Nuba girl with her little brother from Niaro

Man firing salutes with his Kalashnikov at a funeral service in Fungor

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: At funeral ceremonies, the Nuba men shoot a salute into the air to salute the deceased
Man firing salutes with his Kalashnikov at a funeral service in Fungor

Farmer from Dar el-Arab

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of an old farmer from Dar el-Arab
Farmer from Dar el-Arab

Young smoking man sitting on an angareb

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young man from Niaro. He is sitting on the edge of an angareb smoking a cigarette and drinking Marisa, a traditional, locally produced beer. On the right side of the angareb is a portable radio. Besides a digital watch and the European clothes that the Nuba usually get from international aid supplies, he wears his traditional utensils, for example, the knife on his upper left arm and a bracelet with talismans on his upper right arm. His head is covered by a plastic hat he borrowed from his wife. It is impossible for a Nuba to be photographed without headgear.
Young smoking man sitting on an angareb

Nomad from the Hassaniya tribe from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: A nomad from the Hassaniya tribe sits on an angareb in front of his hut in a side valley of Musawwarat. The hut is made of wooden branches and covered with straw mats and linen sacks. The drinking water is in a large ceramic vessel which has been fixed to a tree in the foreground.
Nomad from the Hassaniya tribe from Musawwarat

Obiedallah from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Obiedallah. He was a foreman on the Humboldt University excavations in the 1960s and was later employed by the Sudanese Antiquities Department as a guard at Musawwarat. When this portrait was taken, he was already retired and taking care of the plants at the Humboldt University excavation house.
Obiedallah from Musawwarat

Bilal from Gabati

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the excavation worker Bilal Mubarak, whom I had met on the SARS excavations in Gabati, and who later also worked on our excavations in Meroe and Hamadab.
Bilal from Gabati

Young mother with child in Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young woman from the Hassaniya tribe and her child in Musawwarat es-Sufra
Young mother with child in Musawwarat

Woman with her two sons from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Photo from a family portrait series from Niaro. When asked, the woman confirmed that she had been photographed by Leni Riefenstahl as a child in the 1960s
Woman with her two sons from Niaro

Young girl from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young girl from the Hassaniya tribe in Musawwarat
Young girl from Musawwarat

Two young ladies from Umm Duras

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of two young ladies from the island of Umm Duras in the 4th Cataract
Two young ladies from Umm Duras
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