18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Altered Images
Four Women of Malela

I took a photo of these women while visiting farming villages in Malela, a small village in Kwilu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. They were guiding me to their workspace under a very large mango tree where they had a sewing machine and many skeins of beautiful fabric hanging from the tree branches.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Malela, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Camera: Canon EOS 80D
Copyright: © Leah Lumeya