Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woma

Submitted to Gender Roles

by Steve Jurvetson

Uploaded 12 Jun 2009 — 8 favorites

© Steve Jurvetson

The Karen hill tribes in Northern Thailand are refugees from the Myanmar war zone.

She is a wonderful weaver.

At 4 years old, the daughters start adding heavy coils as they grow up. The intergenerational yoke of maternal emulation made manifest...

5 responses

  • Maggie

    Maggie gave props (24 Jun 2009):

    Beautiful!

  • abel

    abel   gave props (24 Jun 2009):

    Beautiful photo, got my vote

  • Donna Weston

    Donna Weston gave props (26 Jun 2009):

    Stunning! gets my vote!

  • Mike Despot

    Mike Despot   gave props (8 Jul 2009):

    fantastic, must be published. great shot

  • Bernadette Lester

    Bernadette Lester said (13 Jul 2009):

    Wow, I had heard that this practice had been outlawed/forbidden. Beautiful capture. A true Gender Role capture.

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