Little Surma Boy, 1996 by Jean-Michel Voge, is a contemporary color portrait of a child from the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa. This one is a 19" x 13" signed edition number 2/5 archival pigment print, on handmade Awagami Japanese paper, and printed by the artist in an edition of 5.
Provenance: JM Voge Studio
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Artist’s Bio:
Jean-Michel (JM) Voge (b. 1949) is a fine art photographer, formerly editorial freelancer for magazines, such as Madame Figaro (1982-2010), Le Figaro Magazine, Point of View, Marie France, Town and Country, European Travel and LIFE, Fortune Magazine, and AD Spain. The French photographer published a critically-acclaimed monograph on portraits of Europeans, "Figures of Europe," which include portraits of influential Europeans through 1990. Among JM's personal projects, he photographed the Surma tribe in the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, Africa and the Sumo in Tokyo. JM travels for much of his material including extended trips to Greenland.
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