New ways of photographing the New Masai Has stock in Germany Its survival hangs in a

Its survival hangs in a delicate balance

and granted them a new life

they become cold objects – and yet concomitantly they serve as surfaces for viewers to project their own fantasies and fears on

both as a maker and as a mother

Stupid Smiles

New ways of photographing the New Masai Has stock in Germany Its survival hangs in aThe Masais are always photographed the same: jumping in nature while wearing traditional outfits and jewelry, almost like a group of animals. But more and more Masai start to live in towns and buy their first Nikes and put mobile phones in their stretched ears. Together with seven urban Masai Jan Hoek tried to find a new way to photograph the new Masai. Published by APE (Art Paper Editions).