LIVING
Picture perfect A photo exhibition in Italy of portraits taken by Jimmy Nelson features Huli Wigmen. Richard Andrews reports. 52 Paradise – Air Niugini’s in-flight magazine
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n iconic photograph of Huli Wigmen is on show at an exhibition at Milan’s Palazzo Reale, a prestigious international arts centre in Italy. The photo is part of the Humanity exhibition until January 23, a collection of Indigenous portraits by renowned BritishDutch photographer Jimmy Nelson. The photo was taken at Ambua Falls in the Tari Valley, Hela Province, in 2010. Nelson says the photo was a careerdefining moment for him. “It was when I met the Huli and saw and felt an alignment with how they live, feel, dress and stand in with the wonder of the natural world that I knew my artistic legacy,” he says. “That legacy is to place the beauty of Indigenous people on a worldwide stage, so we address the real wealth of humanity.”