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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

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

Two young women from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of two young ladies and two little girls among the gneiss outcrops into which the village huts are built. The coloured dresses of the ladies harmonise with the brown tones of the surroundings and yet are amazing points of contrast
Country location: Sudan
Two young women from Niaro

Man from Fungor

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a man from Fungor* The Fungor*or Fungs are an ethnic group of Sudan. Several thousand members of this ethnic group live in Sudan. They speak Fungor, a Benue-Congo language. Their state of origin is South Kurdufan.
Country location: Sudan
Man from Fungor

Camping in front of a Nuba house

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Looking through the photos on my laptop in Niaro in the evening before going to bed.
Country location: Sudan
Camping in front of a Nuba house

Cinema super market in Juba

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The Cinema super market in Juba with a little coffee shop in front
Country location: South Sudan
Cinema super market in Juba

Man from Fungor

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a man from Fungor. He owns a part of the village with several houses. Somehow you can just see the superiority and peace that result from this
Country location: Sudan
Man from Fungor

Young girl from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young girl from Niaro - South Kurdofan
Country location: Sudan
Young girl from Niaro

Young man with Kalashnikov from Fungor.

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young man sitting together with other people under a Rakuba in Fungor. As there are no state institutions in the small Nuba villages and thus no police or similar, the men, especially the former SPLA fighters, often carry their weapons, which they still have from the civil war.
Country location: Sudan
Young man with Kalashnikov from Fungor.
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