Portraits

Iquitos, Peru

Portrait of a hotel owner in Belen, Iquitos, Peru.

Liberian boy with slingshot and orange glasses

GBOLOKAI - LIBERIA , MARCH 15 2007 : Portrait of a young boy wearing bright orange glasses and a sling shot around his neck. Gbolokai is a small town of a few hundred people over the main road near Totota, all of its inhabitants fled during the long brutal civil war and have slowly returned after 2005 to try and rebuild their lives. (Photo by Christopher Herwig / Aurora)

Solola Mens fashion

SOLOLA, GUATEMALA - 2001: Solola is one of several Guatemalan towns where many of the men still wear their traditional clothing, not just for festivals but everyday. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Portrait of a woman

Murgab, TAJIKISTAN- Portrait of a woman. Murgab at 3576m, and located at the middle of Pamir Highway in the scarsely populated region of Gorno-Badakshan is one of the most remote and isolated places in Central Asia. ( Photo by: Christopher Herwig /

Altay Mountains

LAKE RACHMANOV, ALTAY MOUNTAINS, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004:Couple picnicing by the lake where hotsprings are reportely very theraputic. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Around the Semipalitinsk Polygon

AKKU, SEMEY, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004: Akku, near Semey Polygon, Maternity ward. Portrait of a pregnant woman. It is feared that many health problem arrising from the exposure to radiation from the near by atomic test site can be passed on the child. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Around the Semipalitinsk Polygon

TANAT, SEMEY, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004: Portrait of mother and daughter. Tanat is on the edge of what used to be the Polygon test grounds for the soviet nuclear program for 4 decades. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Semey

SEMEY, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004: Woman working at the Semey Bazaar.(Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Semey Micro Credit Clients © Christopher Herwig

Around the Semipalitinsk Polygon

KANONERKA, SEMEY, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004: Grandmother preparing dinner for her guests and grandson. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Around the Semipalitinsk Polygon

KARAOL, SEMEY, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004: Cinema technician in the projection room of the small town's movie theatre . (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Around the Semipalitinsk Polygon

AYRYK, SEMEY, KAZAKHSTAN - JULY, 2004: Ayryk is a small village located near the old Soviet Nuclear test site. School director in his office. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Chimanimani National Park (Black and white)

Chimanimani National Park, ZIMBABWE - Portrait of a park panger and his wife. Elaborate rock formations along the border ith Mozambique south of Mutare. ( Photo by: Christopher Herwig / Aurora)

Samarkand

SAMARKAND, UZBEKISTAN - MARCH, 2005: Young girl and two women working at the bazaar selling spices with a picture of waterfalls behind them. (Photo by Christopher Herwig)

Around Dushanbe

HISSAR, DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN - MARCH, 2005: Female cafe owner in Hissar smiling infront of a a large photo of waterfalls.(Photo by Christopher Herwig)