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PNG...the Mount Hagen festival is an event to see once in a lifetime...Thousands of tribesmen coming from all over the country, dancing, singing,pride of themselves, and they can be!....

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	Kelly Cheng says: Love every pic in the set, incredible! Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	olopez says: Amazing and wonderful set. Is it difficult to take pictures without the presence of tourists?, I read there are !!50.000!! visitors per year to attend this festival. Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	Eric Lafforgue says: no no, there was, i think, 100 tourists per day, and the festival lasts 2 days!!! Including many who stay under a tent (hot sun,i burned!) or behind fence! And as there is 1000 tribesmen, you have space and choice! Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	dmscvan says: These are some of the best photos I've ever seen of PNG! Thank you for sharing! I'm glad to see that you were able to get some nice shots! (I tried not to favourite them all!) You've really captured the vibrancy of the festival - I've never been, but would really like to go one day! Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	Nicola Okin Frioli says: This wonderful set is full of colours.. beautiful subjects... Eric is GREAT Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	meyerak says: Eric, great shots from PNG, I hope the rest of your trip is great! Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	carf says: This is just one among many outstanding series in your photostream. I have thoroughly enjoyed visiting here and look forward to spending much more of my time in "your" very special world. Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	Tsunami Notes says: your stream is quite the shocking discovery. and this set is just wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. as it has already been said a few lines above: thanks for sharing! can't wait to have some more time to dedicate and have a look at the other sets :) Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	pierre pouliquin says: Grand bravo et grand merci pour vos photos; pour les textes et infos les accompagnant aussi. Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	this instant says: This is an Amazing set of pics. Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	Mernas says: What an incredible collection! thanks so much for sharing.. don't have much time to comment just now, but the first few have completely 'wowed' me.. j'espere que tu vas bien! Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	shantimel says: incredible set...very good job!! love each and everyone pic in the set! Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )
	strandloper says: Dear Eric, what an amazing compilation of beautiful pictures!!You have a very good eye for composition and especially use of depht of field. Wich lenses did you use for Mount Hagen?When is this festival and is the name of the place Mount Hagen? I'm a great fan of India and I thought this was the most colourful country on the whole world but now I know for sure it is Papua New Guinea.Thank's for sharing your photographs.I hope we wil see a lot more of your travels!Do you do this professionaly or is it a hoby? Succes, Huub. Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )
	Eric Lafforgue says: Thanks to all!! @strandloper= for mount hagen , i used a 28-300 canon, and a 17-40 canon for my 5d. And a 75mm for my leica.I try to do this in a pro way, now! :-) Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )
	Zoombabe says: Hi! I found yor stream on a Hungarian site recommended by somebody! Great shots! Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )
	710928003 says: Papua, on the western part of the island New Guinea has also a Int. Highland Festival which is held around the 2nd week of august each year, not that colorfull as the Mt. Hagen Festival but more down to Earth.... By the way NICE photo's Eric! Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )
	Photo Jen says: This set is awesome....every pic is wonderfully colorful and vibrant. I had two penpals who lived there, and I've always loved learning about the country and culture. Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )
	ko-knia says: This is one of the strongest sets I've seen around here. What's next?! Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )
	Matt Madd says: I hardly ever leave comments on set but this set is just too powerful.....great work! On a side note, I hope the tradition and beauty of the place will be preserved forever ...not be trampled by commercialisation and tourism. Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )
	irina` says: perhaps the most intriguing set i`ve ever seen. thank you for sharing these pictures ! Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )
	Mack N says: I saw your photos and I don't find words to say what I feel. Wonderfull! Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )
	zeynep'arkok says: amazing set...****** Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )
	hamredesign says: This is a really amazing set of photographs. I'm sorry I couldn't have been there to see this festival. You captured it beautifully. Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )
	rodolphe.visser [deleted] says: a beatifull coherent set of pictures! Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )
	maggiedeephotographer says: So colorful and beautiful. How many photographers go to this? it must be a sight to behold. I would love to shoot that festival, amazing. How did you find the people being photographed? were they receptive, did they communicate with you? did you pose anybody or did you just shoot away? So many questions, I love your shots, you remind me a little of Foto Morgana another fav of mine. Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )
	bonnafejp says: Portraits inquiétants et attirants. Très beau reportage sur cette région encore peu touchée par le tourisme.Donne envie d'y aller. Merci. Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )
	Ego Kornus says: What an overdose of good foto's. And thats positive great work! Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )
	masalaifrog says: Eric, as a Papua New Guinean I was breathless when I came across your pics. I see allot of pictures taken at festivals here but I have never seen them in the way you've shown them. I feel instantly proud of my country just looking at the images. You really should do a gallery showing in PNG sometime. It really is a crime that you have captured my country so beautifully and yet we sometimes forget our own beauty living here. Also would it be okay if I talked about your pics and showed some of them on my blog, masalai.wordpress.com/ Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )
	cha3701 says: It's clear you really enjoyed yourself while taking these photos. You captured and unbelievable number of stunning images. Great set! Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	skylens says: Hello Eric, a wonderful Set of Images. Your work here is inspiring, and for me there is a real connection. I was born in Mount Hagen in '71..and as a small boy I was taken to many Sing Sings by my parents. We left PNG in 74 and sadly I have never been back since. My father took 100's of pictures of the Sing Sing's, and throughout PNG during the period '70 - '73. Your photos are very reminiscent of many of the photos taken by my father at the Sing Sing's.. it would seem that not much has changed in these Sing Sing traditions over the last 35 years. One day I must devote myeslef to digitizing and restoring the family photo archive from PNG, which also includes East Africa in the mid to late 60's. Your work is of the highest documentary standard and I will spend many more hours enjoying the images, and the sense of feeling of the places that you have captured.C'est tres Formidable! Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	carf says: This series has inspired my youth to create an entirely different artistic expression for their breakdance presentation under development called "Tribal Union". The power of your indigenous images opened their minds, broke some barriers and caused them to create............... Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	Wonderlane says: yes! Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	yinbang [deleted] says: really beautiful, but from one who has lived more than a decade in Mt. Hagen I am amazed that you were not mugged, raped or murdered while you were there. tribalism is not a good thing and life and life expectancy for the locals is really low Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )
	mando maniac says: Having just watched the documentary "The Sky Above, The Mud Below", this was the perfect topper. A truly stunning set. Thank you so much for sharing it. I will never look at my Papau New Guinea mask in quite the same way! Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	Modest and Jill says: Absolutely brilliant set. One of the most fascinating documentary photography collections I've ever seen. Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	Modest and Jill says: This set has been selected as a Featured Set in the Travel Photojournalism group. Posted 14 months ago. ( permalink )
	Carlos Lorenzo says: Your set is my favorite above all others on Flickr. All ethnic pictures remind me of all those books I used to watch about explorers. This is a social -anthropological study with the added value of your ability to grab color, the right character in the perfect pose with an amazing control of shadows, light, skin tones. Besides, there' no fear or lack of trust in their eyes, your camera establishes a dialogue with these people...it is a set to dream and enjoy. Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )
	ozymiles says: Thank you for a wonderful visual experience. I watched it on slide show and enjoyed every second of it. Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )
	Corinne Béguin says: Génial, superbe, incredible......! Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )
	angie7jan says: Your photo's are AMAZING ... in fact, I don't think there is superlative that adequately captures the experience of being mesmerised by your images. I have been thinking about (but never really committed myself to) a visit to PNG for years; I think my mind is now made up. The diversity, the colour, the primitive beauty depicted by your images has reignited my enthusiasm for this trip. Is your book Papous available with English text or only French at present ? cheers angela (australia) Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )
	jonathan whelan says: great work, eye. color!!! Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )
	Dak Rantau says: Thanks for sharing this wonderful set with us :) You publishing it? Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
	Eric Lafforgue says: yes! see there if you're interested: Order my book on / Commander mon livre sur Amazon.fr Order my book on / Commander mon livre sur FNAC.fr 本書は紀伊国屋書店でお求めいただけます See inside my book on YOUTUBE / Feuilletez mon livre sur YOUTUBE Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )
	Palani S says: Very beautiful set of pictures with the informative storyline description ... Many thanks for sharing ... Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	colourlover says: Eric, I will go to Mt. Hagen in this coming August, any hints for my journey? how can I buy the ticket to this Hagen Show? Do I need to buy in advance? Which hotel you stay? Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	Eric Lafforgue says: hi! first you have to buy quickly your domestic ticket from Port moresby to MH, cos the flights avre overbooked! then you have to book very quick an hotel as there are few: Highland hotel is the best, even if it 's over over over expensive for the room they offer... for the ticket you can buy it once you are in MH, no problem. but if you do not have hotel and air ticket, i m afraid it's too late. MH is a small place... Posted 6 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	colourlover says: Eric, thanks very much of your advice, I've booked the domestic ticket from Port Moresby to Mount Hagen Show , but still not able to book a hotel, there is a ecolodge which have room for us but have to take 45 mins transportation from the Showground to the lodge, I think it's too far, isnt it? Any photographic tips for us? I am afraid the black skin against the bright sky will make great contrast for shooting, what advise you suggest? Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )
	colorcritical says: wow- thanks so much for sharing. Posted 4 weeks ago. ( permalink )

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