Stunning photos capture the fierce, fashionable and formidable women of the much-feared Mursi tribe, a community of 10000 people in remote Ethiopia.
Enormous lip plates, razor blades for deliberate scarring and assault rifles: it’s not what you would expect to find in many women’s wardrobe or beauty regimen, but take a trip to the Mursi tribe in the Omo Valley in east Africa and you can expect to see a woman donning all three.
Remarkable shots taken by Italian adventurer and photographer, Gianluca Chiodini, 41, showcase the bizarre beauty of one of the world’s most feared tribes, renowned for their prowess as warriors and capacity for murder.