ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 11月17日 06時41分

Photo by @amivitale. Alio Balde scrubs his body in front of the touffe in a village in the eastern part of the West African country of Guinea Bissau.
This week I am sharing my work on the @alexiafoundation account. In 2000, I was awarded a Professional #AlexiaGrant to document the life of the people of Guinea Bissau. The Alexia Foundation will begin accepting applications for its 2017 Professional and Student Grants on Jan. 2, 2017.

My time there was a look into the simplicity and beauty of how the majority of people on this planet live. Through it all, I was reminded of how similar we all are despite the distances between us. One memory in particular reminds me of this — on my last evening in the small village I sat with a group of children beneath a sea of stars talking into the night about my upcoming return home. Alio innocently asked me if we had a moon in America. It seemed so symbolic and touching that he should feel that America was a so far away we would not share the same moon in our sky.

This week, I thought of Alio again as I gazed at the full moon and I imagine him standing under that big sea of stars looking up at it. The moon is like a collective third eye. It shows us our common identity without borders. It gives us a sense of oneness. It serves as a constant reminder that we are all tied together in an intricate web, whether we believe it or not.
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