Sami - a gallery

[sandbender]

Erika Larsens photographs of the Sámi, forty seven images.

Enjoy.

 

[udamiano]

should this have a link ?

 

[sandbender]

should this have a link ?

Yes, it does now, it is late and was up all night last night, sorry.

 

[udamiano]

excellent pictures that really show a people. thanks for the link

 

[Wayland]

Nice one..

 

[Laurentius]

I dunno what it is that makes Samis so interesting and Brummies not, but there you go some fine pictures there.

 

[sandbender]

"...I dunno what it is that makes Samis so interesting and Brummies not..."

I have no idea why that should be.

There is a short video on that site which is worth a watch.

 

[jimbo75]

I dunno what it is that makes Samis so interesting and Brummies not, but there you go some fine pictures there.

Made me chuckle!!
I let a beautiful norweigan sami girl slip through my fingers back in the day... Ended up marrying a girl from Birmingham!! Funny how things turn out!

 

[treadlightly]

Thank you for posting..

 

[brickie]

Very tidy pictures , i also looked at other the photos , thanks for link

 

[Deaner666]

Wonderful photos. I realised I'd seen them somewhere before recently. They were in a copy of National Geographic I stumbled across at my local climbing wall. The article is available to read on the National Geographic site here.

 

[Phoenixdown]

I live in sweden but never knew we had a group of people we could call our "Native american" (If you understand my line of tought, those who live in nature still). Great pictures thanks for posting this!

 

[Phoenixdown]

Could not find the edit button. But in "the hunt" section of the gallery, what is that black cloth/mesh they have on the lower part of their face? Is it to cover their breath or protection from insects?

 

[forestwalker]

I live in sweden but never knew we had a group of people we could call our "Native american" (If you understand my line of tought, those who live in nature still). Great pictures thanks for posting this!

Oh yes, that was very much not talked about when we went to school. Somehow the whole issue slipped the textbook writers mind...

And I live in the nominally biligual part of Sweden (Härjedalen). Still a lot of prejudice in some quarters.

 

[forestwalker]

Could not find the edit button. But in "the hunt" section of the gallery, what is that black cloth/mesh they have on the lower part of their face? Is it to cover their breath or protection from insects?

I would presume it was someone who really believe in camoflague, but it would help some with the mosquitos as well.

 

[torc]

Fantastic, thanks SB.
Happy trails...torc.

 

[Phoenixdown]

Forestwalker, think you could explain it to me a bit why there is prejudice against the sami. (do not quite understand why there is ill will against them)
Since i am not swedish in birth im having trouble understanding it, i honestly do find their way facinating tough.

 

[Osagian]

Great photos - thanks for the link!

 

[Welshwizard]

I have no idea why that should be.

There is a short video on that site which is worth a watch.

I can only get the video to run for first 25 seconds , anyone else had problem ?

 

[sandbender]

I can only get the video to run for first 25 seconds , anyone else had problem ?

Works fine for me, I don't have flash installed but instead rely on the Google Chrome browser for playback.