Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh (Northeast India)

• Photographer
  Alessandro Malaguti
• Photo Date
  from 25/11/2022 at 17/12/2022
• Website
  https://www.alessandromalaguti.com/

This series portrays the various tribes present in Arunachal Pradesh with their traditional clothing. Arunachal Pradesh is a remote region there is the highest concentration of ethnic group in India, 26 main and more than one hundred sub-tribes. This area is probably one of the last outposts where communities live a primitive existence, leading a rural life. Each tribe follows its own social, cultural and religious practices. The traditions of these tribes over the years are slowly disappearing, globalisation is the main problem to pass on customs and traditions to new generations.

• Biography
  Alessandro Malaguti enters the world of photography and after various approaches he finds his inspiration in travel photography making it a real passion. During his travels around the world, he is interested in discovering different cultures entering into empathy with various ethnic groups, in full respect of people and their customs, he menages to capture emotions, looks and traditions. His purpose, beyond that of transmitting the beauty of cultural diversity, is also the artistic and emotional value of every shot.
• Awards
  - Particular Merit Mention at AAP (All About Photo Awards) 2024 Magazine n.45, travels - Honorable Mention at ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography Awards) 2024, people: portrait - Honorable Mention at ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography Awards) 2024, people: travel/culture - Honorable Mention at PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) 2024, portraiture/culture - Particular Merit Mention at AAP (All About Photo Awards) 2023 Magazine n.37, travels - Honorable Mention at TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) 2023, people/culture - Honorable Mention at ND Awards (Neutral Density Photography Awards) 2023, people: travel/culture - 2nd place (International Contemporary Art Awards "Lorenzo Il Magnifico") Florence Biennale XIV, October 2023 - 2nd place at TTA II (Travel Tale Awards) 2022 - Finalist at HIPA (Hamdan Bin Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award) 2021-2022 - 2nd place at MIFA (Moscow International Foto Awards) 2022, people/culture - Particular Merit Mention at AAP (All About Photo Awards) 2022 - 3rd place at TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) 2021, people/culture - Official Selection at TIFA (Tokyo International Foto Awards) 2021 - Honorable Mention at BIFA (Budapest International Foto Awards) 2021, advertising, travel/tourism - Jury Top 5 and Best Of Show at IPA (International Photo Awards) 2021 - 1st place at IPA (International Photo Awards) 2021, special, travel/wanderlust - Honorable Mention at PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) 2021 - Finalist at The Independent Photographer, Emerging Talent Awards 2021