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Seven framed prints, incl some Iris prints, from Chris Rainier's travels to New Guinea incl one from exhibition "Where Masks Still Dance: New Guinea", one titled "Samoan Man, Tattoos at Sunset, Western Samoa", one titled "Three Tatamua Masks, New Ireland Island, New Guinea", etc., sizes range from 20.75" x 24.5" to 43" x 43.5". Bio from National Geographic: Chris Rainier is considered one of the leading documentary photographers working today. His life's mission is to put on film both the remaining natural wilderness and indigenous cultures around the globe and to use images to create social change. Rainier co-directs the National Geographic Society's Cultural Ethnosphere Program as well as the All Roads Photography Program. Rainier also heads National Geographic's Enduring Voices Project, which is documenting the world's most endangered languages. Rainier has traveled to all seven continents, making extensive expeditions throughout Africa, Antarctica, and New Guinea. His photography has been seen in Time magazine, Life magazine, Smithsonian, the New York Times, Outside magazine and publications of the National Geographic Society. In addition, Rainier has photographed global culture and conflict, famine, and war in such places as Somalia, Sarajevo/Bosnia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Cambodia, and Iraq. He has won awards for his photography, including the prestigious Lowell Thomas Award given by the Explorers Club for adventure stories. Rainier's photography has been shown and collected by museums around the world, including the Australian Museum in Sydney, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the International Center of Photography in New York, the George Eastman House International Museum in Rochester, New York, and the United Nations. Must be shipped through a third party shipper or picked up.