Paul Patrick Borhaug

Photographer

www.paulpatrickphotography.com

Portraits

Location: Oslo, Norway

Nationality: Norwegian

Biography: Paul Patrick Borhaug is a photographer and writer from Norway, who primarily works on environmental, political and cultural issues. His images has been published by National Geographic, The New York Times, United Nations , Huffington Post,... MORE

Salimata. Burkina Faso/Mali border area.

Snakecharmer. India.

Sadhu II. Benaras, India.

Sadhu. Kathmandu, Nepal.

Woman of the Kayan tribe of My...ay to keep it alive.

Woman of the Kayan tribe of Myanmar. The Kayan are also known as the «long-necks» or «giraffe women». While some Kayan women in the last decade have opted to stop wearing the brass rings, many continue to do so as they see this as an expression of the traditional Kayan culture and as a way to keep it alive.

Girl  of the Kayan tr...at Kayan people are descended.

Girl of the Kayan tribe of Myanmar. The origins of the custom of brass neck-rings is not clear, some say it is was to prevent fatal tiger attacks, others claim it was to imitate the long neck of dragons, from which the group’s traditional religious beliefs hold that Kayan people are descended.

Grinding Khat. Harar, Ethiopia.

Camel-herder. Thar desert, India.

Saharawi Woman II. Tindouf Refugee Camps, Algeria.

Saharawi Woman. Tindouf Refugee Camps, Algeria.

Sabarimala Holy Festival. India.

Guarani-Kaiowá Chief. Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Little Shiva, India.

Tea-lady. Wadi Halfa, Sudan.

Oromi.  Harar, Ethiop... eye of Waaqa (God). Ethiopia.

Oromi. Harar, Ethiopia.

Oromi woman belonging to a traditional religion in which they worship the sun, believing it is the eye of Waaqa (God). Ethiopia.

Mohamed, Bolgatanga, Ghana.

Girl With Alpaca. Peru.

Saharawi Girl in Traditional D...indouf Refugee Camps, Algeria.

Saharawi Girl in Traditional Dress. Tindouf Refugee Camps, Algeria.

Mirambi. Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso.

Nepali woman carrying Yak-dung, Langtang, Nepal.

Playing flute with nostrils. Pushkar, India.

Gérard. Paris.

Nepali Eyes. Langtang, Nepal.

Kathmandu, Nepal.

Satia. Varanasi, India.

Kids. Varanasi, India.

Boy playing with string. Kathmandu, Nepal.

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Thumbnail of Mohamed , Bolgatanga, Ghana.

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Copyright Paul Patrick Borhaug 2023

Date of Work Mar 2010 - Ongoing

Updated Apr 2019

Topics Children, Desert, Editorial, Fine Art, Happiness, Islam, Joy, Latin America, Migration, Minority, Motherhood, Photography, Photojournalism, Politics, Portraiture, Poverty, Religion, Street, Travel, Womens Rights, Youth

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The Secret of the Sahara: The Saharawi

Analoguesques

Street (Colour)

Street/Fine Art

Travel

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Paradise Lost / The Guarani KaiowÃ

The Walls Have Eyes

The Witch Village

Sabarimala Pilgrimage

Pataxo Hahahe

Khat in Ethiopia

Feminist Wrestling in Bolivia

Somaliland - An Unrecognised Success Story

The Dirty Secret of the information Age - E-waste in Ghana

The Matsés

The Violence of Silence