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American photographer Richard Cross stands next to a woman from the Maasai people in Northern Tanzania. The woman is dressed in large earrings and necklaces. The women of the Maasai people take pride in their appearances. The Maasai people are prominent for the elaborate colorful necklaces and jewelry they wear. Beaded jewelry is worn daily as a symbol of wealth and social status. Both men and women in the Maasai people wear large hoops in the piercings in the earlobes. In 1979, Richard Cross was invited to photograph the Maasai people as part of an ethnographic film project by then doctoral student Peter Biella. Cross received the invitation while doing graduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia. While in Tanzania, Cross photographed the cultural traditions, tribal rituals and daily life of the Maasai people. El fotógrafo estadounidense Richard Cross se encuentra junto a una mujer del pueblo masái en el norte de Tanzania. La mujer está vestida con grandes aretes y collares. Las mujeres del pueblo masái se enorgullecen de su apariencias. Los masái se distinguen por los elaborados collares de colores y las joyas que usan. Las joyas con cuentas se usan a diario como símbolo de riqueza y estatus social. Tanto los hombres como las mujeres en el pueblo masái usan aros grandes en los lóbulos de las orejas. En 1979, Richard Cross fue invitado a fotografiar a al pueblo masái como parte de un proyecto de filme etnográfico del estudiante de doctorado Peter Biella. Cross recibió la invitación mientras hacía estudios de posgrado en la Universidad de Temple en Filadelfia. Mientras estuvo en Tanzania, Cross fotografió las tradiciones culturales, los rituales y la vida cotidiana del pueblo masái.
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