TITLE: "The Young Breeder"

Portrait of a Mundari child with a bull of the cattle (South Sudan).
Mundari are cattle herders of South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, who dedicate their lives to the care of their cattle. The Mundari live in symbiosis with their cattle and nothing is more important for them than their bovines.
In the cattle camps, kids are doing most of the daily work. They collect the fresh cow dung and put it into piles which are then set on fire to repel the numerous and voracious mosquitoes of the area.
Mundari also use the ash created by these fires to rub on themselves and their cattle, creating a protection against mosquitoes. They massage their animals twice a day.
When the herd come back from grazing the dust lift by the cattle, the smoke of the fires lighted on agains mosquitoes and the sun light, make the atmosphere of the camp almost mystical.
The young kids and the guardinas are sleeping with the cows. The ash from dung fires, as fine as talcum powder, is often used as bedding.

AUTHOR: Roberto Pazzi (Italy)

Graduated in engineering, Roberto is a multi award winning and published travel photographer.
Roberto has a permanent exposition in Singapore, he is an author for a Brazilian gallery and he organizes and leads photo expeditions to remote cultures.

Main awards:
- Winner for the MonoVisions Awards 2021 in Travel category
- Winner for the GPA 2021 in People category
- Winner for the VIPA 2021 in Travel/Culture category
- Gold Winner for the MIFA 2021 in People/Culture category
- Silver Winner for the VIEpa 2021 in Travel category
- Honorable Mention for the VIEpa 2021 in Travel category
- Winner for the PIL World Contest 2020 in People category
- Silver Winner for the TIFA 2020 in People/Culture category
- Silver Winner for the ONE EYELAND Photography Awards 2020 in People/Culture category
- Honorable Mention for the ND Photography Awards 2020 in People/Culture category
- Runner-up for the 35Awards 2020 in Reportage category
- Runner-up for the Nikon POTY 2020 in Travel category
- Runner-up for the ViewBug POTY 2020