From Jungles in Paris:
In Ethiopia's Omo Valley, resident tribes break the skin in ways that cannot be undone. Cicatrization (or body scarification) is a traditional practice, and when a young woman's breast is pierced with an acacia thorn, it is done deliberately and in elaborate patterns. These wounds become permanent, hardening over time into scars that are thought not to diminish her attractiveness but to enhance it...[more]
- Photographer - Drew Doggett
