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Jimmy Nelson's work has taken him from war-torn Afghanistan, Pakistan and the former Yugoslavia to the remotest corners of China and Tibet. But in 2009, the British photographer outdid even himself when he embarked upon a four-year trek around the world—cutting through Amazonian jungles, braving freezing temperatures in Siberia and even surviving a case of meningitis in Ethiopia—to photograph some of the world’s last indigenous tribes. [via Ralph Lauren ] Nelson documented 55 cultures and tribes, many of which are at risk of disappearing forever, often in remote parts of the world, using a 50-year-old 4x5 camera. His book,  Before They Pass Away ,is a collection of the images he made on his epic journey. Jimmy Nelson Jimmy Nelson A Maasai warrior. "To be a Maasai is to be born into one of the world’s last great warrior cultures," Nelson's website reads. The Maasai people, who live in Tanzania and Kenya, are said to have migrated to the region from Sudan in the 15th ...

French photographer Eric Valli has spent over twenty years documenting the peoples of the Himalayas, including the Dolpo, seen below, who live between Tibet and Nepal in one of the highest inhabitable regions in the world.  "They work hard, but want for nothing," Valli says of the Dolpo people "They are happy and alive."  Eschewing digital cameras, Valli continues to shoot film with his Leicas. “I might take an okay picture, but what i’m looking for is an ethnographic testimony of the human adventure; a complete existence in one picture,” he says. “You can never just observe. because my work is all about interaction. …I have lived years and years with these people. I have nothing to teach them and they have everything to teach me.” Eric Valli Himalaya Trailer from Eric Valli on Vimeo .   “For 20 years I trekked this unforgiving region, always with a Leica in my hand. I remain captivated by the stunning landscapes and the kindness of the people.”  ~ Eric...

Working in her native country, Graciela Iturbide creates photographs which have become synonymous with Mexican culture in all its diversity. Born in Mexico City, Iturbide came to photography after marrying at the age of twenty and having three children, fulfilling the pressures of an upper-middle class family. In 1970, after the sudden death of her six-year old daughter, Iturbide reassessed her life's purpose, which eventually led her to an apprenticeship with Manuel Alvarez Bravo . This bond with Mexico's greatest photographer led her to see her homeland as she never had before, photographing indigenous people in small villages across the land.  Through Iturbide's images, we come to understand that the power of the Catholic church could not erase the greater power of pre-Hispanic cultures, which created a country flourishing with modern technologies [radio, television, advertisements] yet cognizant and proud of its traditional and religious customs. Her photographs tell a...