Faces of Goroka 4

This series features the various costumes, headdresses, masks, body paints and ornaments and the authentic Papua New Guinean tribesmen, women and children who wore them during the 2015 Goroka Show.  Touted as the… Continue reading →

Faces of Goroka 3

This series features the various costumes, headdresses, masks, body paints and ornaments and the authentic Papua New Guinean tribesmen, women and children who wore them during the 2015 Goroka Show.  Touted as the… Continue reading →

A Daru Mother and Child

06 September 2014, Daru Island, Papua New Guinea:  Scanning the flock of houseboats on the beach with my camera’s zoom from the balcony of my hotel; this scene caught my attention and made… Continue reading →

Daru – Back on the Island

05 September 2015, Papua New Guinea: A year after my last visit, there I was again, standing at the balcony of the New Century Hotel in Daru, watching houseboats, dugout canoes, and dinghies… Continue reading →

Faces of Goroka 2

This series features the various costumes, headdresses, masks, body paints and ornaments and the authentic Papua New Guinean tribesmen, women and children who wore them during the 2015 Goroka Show.  Touted as the… Continue reading →

Faces of Goroka 1

This series features the various costumes, headdresses, masks, body paints and ornaments and the authentic Papua New Guinean tribesmen, women and children who wore them during the 2015 Goroka Show.  Touted as the… Continue reading →

Papua New Guinea’s Goroka Show – Day Two

Jessie T. Ponce’s photo coverage of the 2015 Goroka Show

Papua New Guinea’s Goroka Show 2015 – Day One

Papua New Guinea, 11 September 2015:   After three years of coming in and out of Papua New Guinea, I was finally able to grab a chance and squeeze into the busy work schedule,… Continue reading →

‘Water’ and the Women of Ture-ture

A photo essay about how a group of village women struggle daily to collect water that is not even fit for domestic use.

The Bilum Wall of Waigani

Port Moresby, May 2015: This was my Nth time in this capital city of Papua New Guinea since 2012 and, boy, was I thrilled to have had some new experiences in this place,… Continue reading →