This website is a result of Dr. Miriam (Mimi) Kahn’s connection to the people of Wamira, Papua New Guinea. During her anthropological research in 1976–78 and 1981–82, her camera became the main means of visually recording the daily life of the community.

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Today, these photographs serve as a vital record—not only of Wamira’s cultural life during that period, but also as a visual memory of the descendants who appear in them. For many, these images are the only photographs of their parents, grandparents and daily lives.