Incredible portraits of people from the most remote corners of the planet

Alexander Himushin is a photographer and traveler of Russian origin living in Australia. The photographer spent eight years on the road and traveled to more than 80 countries. It took him almost two years to create a collection of amazing portraits of people from the most remote corners of the planet "The World In Faces".

The result was a series of vivid pictures of men, women and children in fancy jewelry and national costumes practicing ancient customs. One of the photos shows an elderly Kyrgyz living in the mountains of the Tajik Pamir, the other shows a woman from the Ethiopian Hamer tribe, whose skin is painted with red ochre, and shells hang around her neck. "In most villages, people live the same way as many centuries ago, in clay huts, without electricity or any other amenities," the photographer explains. Himushin set himself the goal of using this project to show the diversity of the world, and it seems that he succeeded.

This portrait of a girl from the Mursi tribe was made in the Ethiopian Omo Valley. It shows the custom of wearing a large disk in the lower lip, which in some tribes means social and economic superiority.

A photograph of a Wakhan woman dressed in a bright red outfit in countless patterns and with a variety of textures reflects the image of people inhabiting the Wakhan Corridor in Northeastern Afghanistan.

For many years, traveling has become a way for Himushin to find adventures. When he left his cozy studio in Holloways Beach in Queensland, his journey had no destination, and he ended up in places like Ladakh, where he met this woman in an unusual hat.

The traveling photographer said that there are hundreds of unique ethnic minorities in the world and that the people he met, including this elderly man from the Tajik Pamir, were amazing.

This portrait of a girl from the Mursi tribe was made in the Ethiopian Omo Valley. It shows the custom of wearing a large disk in the lower lip, which in some tribes means social and economic superiority.

A photograph of a Wakhan woman dressed in a bright red outfit in countless patterns and with a variety of textures reflects the image of people inhabiting the Wakhan Corridor in Northeastern Afghanistan.

For many years, traveling has become a way for Himushin to find adventures. When he left his cozy studio in Holloways Beach in Queensland, his journey had no destination, and he ended up in places like Ladakh, where he met this woman in an unusual hat.

The traveling photographer said that there are hundreds of unique ethnic minorities in the world and that the people he met, including this elderly man from the Tajik Pamir, were amazing.

This photo is of a young woman from the Afar region in Ethiopia. Due to globalization, economic problems, wars, racism and religious discrimination, many nationalities are on the verge of extinction — this woman is one of them.

A resident of Tibet near Bangong-Tso Lake is another example of the unique types found in the world. He wears a warm headdress that protects him during the cold winters characteristic of the area.

Alexander Himushin (left with glasses) started his project a few years ago and since then has been shooting interesting people and unique landscapes that he met during his travels.

The type of man dressed in animal skin may soon disappear. The photographer says that he dreamed of taking portraits of these people and publishing a book about them to draw attention to their problems in modern society.

A smiling man from the Latin American Kiche tribe belonging to the Maya group is dressed in a multicolored headdress and a bright jacket.

The skin of a woman from the Ethiopian Hamer tribe is stained with ochre, and her neck is decorated with a necklace of shells.

A woman in a bright knitted collar with patterns.

An elderly man in a dark blue jacket wears a traditional skullcap.

A girl from the Ethiopian tribe Dasanech wears an animal skin and a necklace of beads.

A girl in a national hat and dress decorated her braids with woolen threads. She belongs to the Shugnan tribe living in the Pamir Mountains — this is one of the least populated areas of the earth.

An elderly man from the Indian Manipuri tribe is preparing to perform a dance in honor of the gods.

A representative of one of the African tribes.

A man from Buryatia is preparing for a symbolic ritual.

A girl from the Ethiopian Tsemai tribe.

A man from the Saharawi tribe.

An elderly woman from the Niangatom tribe, Ethiopia.

A girl from Djibouti.

An elderly blind woman from the Konso tribe.

A Moorish girl from Nouadhibou.

A girl from the Ixil tribe of the Maya group, Guatemala.

A Somali from the city of Hargeisa.

A Japanese girl in a pink kimono at the Todai-ji Temple.

A Mongol from the mountainous area of Tavan-Bogd.

A man from Rajasthan.

A Samoan boy from the island of Savai'i.

A woman from the Xhosa tribe, South Africa.

A girl from the Mayan tribe of Kakchikeli, Guatemala.