Photo Exhibition: Mother Earth by Simon Raven

In this exhibition of striking photographs of women from; China, India and Bolivia, Simon Raven hopes to highlight the strength and important role women play in communities at the frontier’s of the world.

Pachamama (Mother Earth) is a goddess revered by the indigenous people of the Andes. In Inca mythology, Mama Pacha or Pachamama is a fertility goddess who presides over planting and harvesting. Since Pachamama is a “good mother”, people in some regions of South America usually toast her honour by spilling a small amount of alcohol on the floor, before drinking the rest.

Mother of Menghun (Xishuabana, China) >

Tamil Woman (Puducherry, India) >

Heart of Gorkhaland (Darjeeling, India) >

Onkadeli Bond (Orissa, India) >

Pachamama (Cochabamba, Bolivia) >

Africa in Gujarat (India) >

Pachamama (Cochabamba, Bolivia)

A Bolivian woman wearing a bowler hat and with her hair tied in long pigtails, stands with her back to the street in the colourful open air street market in Cochabamba (Bolivia).

Pachamama by Simon Raven © All rights reserved.

Onkadeli Bond (Orissa, India)

A Bonda tribal woman at Onkadelli Market near Koraput (Orissa, India).

Onkadeli Bond by Simon Raven © All rights reserved.

Heart of Gorkhaland (Darjeeling, India)

A proud mother is photographed with her baby in Darjeeling (India) at the heart of Gorkhaland.

Heart of Gorkhaland by Simon Raven © All rights reserved.

Tamil Woman (Puducherry, India)

A female construction worker in the old french quarter of Puducherry, Tamil Nadu (India) takes a moment to pose proudly for the camera whilst working in the midday heat to reconstruct the Gandhi memorial on the sea front promenade.

Tamil Honour by Simon Raven © All rights reserved.

Mother of Menghun (Xishuabana, China)

A tribal woman at Menghun Market in the Yunnan Province of China.

Africa in Gujarat (India)

A Siddis woman from Jambut, a small African settlement close to the Sasan Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in
Gujarat (India).