# Omo Valley Man

**Source**: https://oia.osu.edu/2023-international-photography-exhibition/omo-valley-man
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"Omo Valley Man"\
Location: Omo Valley, Ethiopia\
Date: July 2016\
Photographer: Brian Cruickshank [@brian\_cruickshank](https://www.instagram.com/brian_cruickshank/)\
Affiliation: Alumni\
Home Country: United States\
Category: People\
Award: Honorable Mention\
2023 International Photography Exhibition\
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While in the Omo Valley (Ethiopia), I entered a Mursi village and met this man who allowed me to take this photograph in his hut. It’s an intense, close and tight portrait that I think works especially well in black and white.

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