Above left: Namibia Himba Elder. This work is a limited edition photographic print / Above right: ‘Namibia Himba Women’ available in my print shop.
©Kara Rosenlund
A single week doesn’t go by when I’m not reminded by last years incredible trip to Namibia in Africa. It truly was extraordinary.
My highlight was spending time with the Himba tribeswomen and being in their presence. I’m itching to do another trip. So until that happens I decided to curate an edited version of the best photographs from last years body of work from my blog posts, so we can all relive the trip together.
If you are interested in reading more from this trip, here are parts one, two and three
If you would like to see my Africa Print Collection you can explore here.
Above: looking in on a nomadic Himba camp.
Coming up over the sand dunes and looking down into the Himba village still gives me goosebumps. I didn’t know what to expect. To think a whole village lives within the fenced timber ring in the photograph above, with their livestock at the foot of the mountains in the sand.
So isolated and unspoilt, like the land that time forgot.
Above left: Namibia Himba Woman. / Above right: A Himba Hut. This work is a limited edition photographic print available in my print shop.
Above: Droving Cattle in Namibia.
Above left: A Himba Hut. This work is a limited edition photographic print titled ‘Himba Hut One’ available in my print shop. / Above right: ‘Namibia Elder’ sitting in a hut.
Above: A Himba Hut in the distance. This work is a limited edition photographic print titled ‘Namibia Hut in Landscape’ available in my print shop.
Namibia is such a vast land, it’s one of the least populated countries on the globe. I found every aspect inspiring. Everything from the Himba huts made from sticks and animal dung, to the tribeswomen who spoke no English – yet we ‘spoke’ for hours together, to the beautiful handmade jewellery which adorn their necks, wrists and ankles. I loved it all.
Above left: Beautiful bangles stacked on a wrist. / Above right: Himba tribeswoman.
Above: droving cattle in the landscape.
Above left: the traditional clay coloured fabric / Above right: traditional Himba clothing.
Above left: A Himba Hut. This work is a limited edition photographic print titled ‘Himba Hut Three’ available in my print shop. / Above right: ‘Himba Elder’ staring into the distance.
Above: children in the desert of Namibia.
Above: the vast Namibian landscape.
Above left: ‘Two Namibia Herero Women’ I came across while traveling. This work is a limited edition photographic print titled ‘Namibia Herero Women’ available in my print shop. / Above right: ‘Namibia Hillary Woman’.
There was something about the women on this trip. I found them to be so strong and ridiculously beautiful, in such a timeless way. Each had their own story, not easy stories, difficult and dangerous stories, the stories which make you cry in empathy. But life goes on here and so do these brilliant inspiring women.
Above: human destruction in the desert.
Above: the vast Namibian landscape at dusk.
The air, the light, the colours, the freedom. I miss it so much. If you would like to read more in detail, here are the three original posts one, two and three. Enjoy!
To see all my photographic prints from the trip explore my Africa Print Collection here.
Kara x
I could look at these images forever…. Hard to believe we all live in the same world….
Me too Mardi – Wish I could live with them! X