Photographer: Josh Haner, San Francisco Image Title: Masai Newlyweds Category: Indigenous Cultures   Technical Details: Hasselblad 501CM, 50mm lens, Kodak PXP film pulled to 80ASA, 1/125 second at f/11 Location: Olaika, Kenya Description: Naisipae (left) and Lemaiyan ole Saidea sit in their almost-finished home in their first moments together as husband and wife. Their families, through a transfer of cattle and supplies from the groom's family to the bride's, arranged this marriage. I think their expressions and body language are a reaction to this arranged marriage. Naisipae is 15 years old and Lemaiyan is 16. I love the light streaming through the bare rafters above them. I photographed Masai families because I think the popular press has unfairly typecast them to fulfill the role of the quintessential "African savage" who actively resists modernization.   Haner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art-Photography and a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science from Stanford University. For four months in 2002, he lived with families in the Transmara and Kajiado districts of Kenya. There, he used visual anthropology to research how gestures and postures are passed down from one Maasai generation to the next. Haner spent the last six months in a Redwood City, California trailer park on a Helen Bing Photography Endowment, where he finished a three-year book project documenting the park's community.   Josh is a 2002 Recipient of the Robert M. Golden Medal, Stanford University and a 2003 contract photographer for America 24/7.   Please visit his web site to see more work from recent projects.   Josh Haner Phone: 415-939-7123 Email: josh@joshhaner.com Web: www.joshhaner.com     Return to 2003 Galleries | Return to 2003 Indigenous Cultures Gallery     Home | Contact Us | Copyright