Padaung Girl Photo

Photographer’s Note

Long-neck Karen (Padaung) girl in her early teens. Taken in Doi Mae Salong, Chiang Rai Province, Northern Thailand.

The Padaung, the famous "long-neck" people whose women traditionary wear many tight bronze rings around their necks, are one of the many Karen Hilltribe sub-groups. They are an exceptionally warm, friendly, and gentle people.

Shot at Iso400 with a bit of fillflash. Photo was shot in 'raw format', then converted to a 16-bit tif using Bibble Pro V.4.2, and edited in Adobe Photoshop CS.

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vivekrb (240) 2005-03-19 1:34

Hello Robert
Nice portrait. Great composition and good colors. The background is a bit distracting though and could ahve been blurred by reducing the depth of field.
Nice photo on the whole nonetheless.
The "long neck" people are also found in Burma right and if i am not mistaken, they wear even more rings around their neck than the Padaung people. In fact, i think they are even listed in the Guiness book of records.!

flydragon (0) 2005-03-20 11:05

Robert hello
u took this picture in Mae Salong ??
i never hear there long neck there ??
are you sure it was not Mae hong song ??
i saw some village in Mea hong song, lol its look like market there, and we should pay for enter the vilage, all woman used make up lol
big business there.

kevinos (6927) 2005-05-15 12:17

You have certaily photogrphed so lovely girls, Robert, but I like this one best. As flydragon says below, the village is a bit like a human zoo. However, I suppose by the next generation this practice will have gone.