George Rodger Dinka girls of Duk Faiwil. Sudan. 1949.
“This photograph was taken in 1949, when George was able to travel freely through the Kurdufan territory, where few Westerners had ever been. He was very k
(...) indly received by the Nuba and Dinka tribes and spent a few days recording daily life in their remote homeland, far from civilization. These shy Dinka girls with their half-smiles do not quite represent ‘connections’, but they do show welcome and friendliness to a stranger from another world… or empathy.”
– Jinx Rodger, wife of George Rodger © George Rodger | Magnum Photos