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Teenager from South Sudan

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a youngster from South Sudan in Khartoum
Country location: Sudan
Teenager from South Sudan

View into the valley of Musawwarat es-Sufra

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: View into the valley of Musawwarat es-Sufra from a mountain in the north of the valley. Between the solitary mountain in the foreground and the mountains in the background, one can see the large hafir (artificial water basin from the Kushite era) with the excavation house of Humboldt University on the left. To the right of this mountain, part of the Great Enclosure of Musawwarat es-Sufra can be seen in the background.
Country location: Sudan
View into the valley of Musawwarat es-Sufra

Two men from Kabushiya and lister generator

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of two young men from Kabushiya and a child, standing next to their old British gasoline driven lister generators
Country location: Sudan
Two men from Kabushiya and lister generator

Two ladies from the tribe of the Hassaniya in Musawwarat es Sufra

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of two ladies from the tribe of the Hassaniya in Musawwarat es Sufra
Country location: Sudan
Two ladies from the tribe of the Hassaniya in Musawwarat es Sufra

Abdou from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Abdou, one of the foreworkers at the Humboldt-University excavations in Musawwarat
Country location: Sudan
Abdou from Musawwarat

Little boy from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a small boy from the Hassaniya tribe in Musawwarat. He is sitting on the sandy soil of a wadi and has a small whip for his donkey in his hand. In the background you can see the sandstone mountains of the western Butana.
Country location: Sudan
Little boy from Musawwarat

Halima from Karima

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Halima, the cook on Tim Kendall's excavations at Jebel Barkal
Country location: Sudan
Halima from Karima

Taxi driver in Khartoum

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: A taxi in the crowded streets of Khartoum, taken in El-Gamhuriya Street.
Country location: Sudan
Taxi driver in Khartoum

Travelling through the Western Desert

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The Western Desert between the Second and Third Cataracts is nowadays almost deserted and devoid of vegetation. The mountains are covered by sand dunes, some of which are very high. The photo was taken on a joint tour with Derek Welsby and Bill Adams, on which we visited the sites where Bill Adams had excavated in the 1960s.
Country location: Sudan
Travelling through the Western Desert

Blacksmith from Tanqasi village

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a blacksmith from Tanqasi who had helped me repair the springs of my off-road vehicle. When it came to shortening a large spring from a minibus, he had just made a small fireplace in his yard in front of the veranda of his house and forged the spring without further ado.
Country location: Sudan
Blacksmith from Tanqasi village

Smoking mechanic on the ferry of Sesebi

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the mechanic of the Sesebi ferry, smoking a cigarette during a break. On his left forearm he has a gold-plated wristwatch. As the barrels in front of him contain diesel, there is no danger of explosion.
Country location: Sudan
Smoking mechanic on the ferry of Sesebi

Landscape at the 4th Cataract

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Landscape near Dar el-Arab at the 4th Cataract
Country location: Sudan
Landscape at the 4th Cataract

Mountain area near the Meroe pyramids

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Mountain area near the Meroe pyramids
Country location: Sudan
Mountain area near the Meroe pyramids

Serir and hamada landscape in the Western Desert

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Serir and hamada landscape in the Western Desert
Country location: Sudan
Serir and hamada landscape in the Western Desert

Nuba wrestling in Khartoum

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Nuba wrestling in Khartoum, Haj Hussif
Country location: Sudan
Nuba wrestling in Khartoum

Tea and Coffee in Khartoum

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Tea shop in the Montega of Khartoum
Country location: Sudan
Tea and Coffee in Khartoum

Palm groves and islands on the Nile in the Sabu region

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Date palm cultivation is one of the main sources of income for farmers in Upper Nubia. The photo shows the dense palm groves and the agricultural islands on the east bank of the Nile near Sabu not far from the third cataract.
Country location: Sudan
Palm groves and islands on the Nile in the Sabu region

Man with gun and his son from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The Nuba are very proud of their children, but also of their weapons. When I took this man's portrait, he insisted that his old hunting rifle should also be in the picture.
Country location: Sudan
Man with gun and his son from Niaro

Young boy in the cab of a Bedford

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a boy in the cab of a Bedford. To be able to drive an old Bedford is probably the dream of every boy in Sudan.
Country location: Sudan
Young boy in the cab of a Bedford

End of an asphalt road - end of civilization

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The end of the unfinished asphalt road between Seleim and Old Dongola
Country location: Sudan
End of an asphalt road - end of civilization

Children and round huts in Juba

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Three little boys play between the round huts in a residential area in Juba
Country location: South Sudan
Children and round huts in Juba

Victor Stores, P.O. Boxsie 99, Juba

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Victor Stores, a general tools and car spare parts shop in Juba
Country location: South Sudan
Victor Stores, P.O. Boxsie 99, Juba

Children at a water pump

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Children getting water at a pump near Abu Hashim
Country location: Sudan
Children at a water pump

Tea shop lady from Dinder

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a tea shop lady from Dinder
Country location: Sudan
Tea shop lady from Dinder

Bedford in Dinder town

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Bedford in Dinder town, detail
Country location: Sudan
Bedford in Dinder town

Woman and her children from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young woman from Niaro and her kids. It is an ancient tradition of the Nuba to wear a lot of colourful jewellery even in everyday life. The women's jewellery consists mainly of necklaces which, in addition to the many small plastic beads, combine traditional jewellery objects such as the kawri shells with recent objects, for example a key ring in the shape of a car tyre.
Country location: Sudan
Woman and her children from Niaro

Forest in the Nuba Mountains at the beginning of the rainy season

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The rainy season begins in the Nuba Mountains as early as April. Then thick dark grey clouds gather in the sky, making the contrast between the dark sky and the light parched forest all the more striking.
Country location: Sudan
Forest in the Nuba Mountains at the beginning of the rainy season

Dirge singers at a funeral in Fungor

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The mourners, who accompany the traditional funeral ceremonies with hour-long funeral dirges, are an ancient tradition that was already depicted on ancient Egyptian and Cushite reliefs.
Country location: Sudan
Dirge singers at a funeral in Fungor
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