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Lifestyle 31 March, 2016 18:23

Children of the Suri Tribe. Seton found these kids resting on the tree trunk that was in the middle of a field of corn and sorghum. The tribe brew sorghum beer, quite a lethal potion that they consume in vast quantities. Photographing the tribes after lunch was near impossible because of this reason

Seton, pictured here, said: 'The children are always the easiest to photograph as they love to touch, laugh and joke with me. These children were fascinated with my long blond hair and loved to touch it. The baby was a afraid of my white skin and cried when she was handed to me to carry'

The women, pictured in the Upper Omo valley, are traditionally known for their lip plates and intricate scarification patterns on their skin, all for beautification. The women and children often decorate themselves with white clay patterns and flowers on their head

Suri tribeswomen, like the one above, are famous for inserting clay plates in to the lower lip and often decorate themselves with the local flowers and clay patterns

It took three days of driving from Addis Ababa to Kibbish in order to photograph this Suri tribe boy who resides in the village of Naregeer in the Upper Omo valley, a very remote area of Ethiopia close to the border of South Sudan. This image was the first shot of the day at about 6:30am. The boy was balancing on the tree trunk in a field of Sorghum

Seton said it was slightly intimidating negotiating to photograph this man.Historically the tribes in this remote region of Ethiopia have engaged in inter-tribal feuds for years

These three men were photographed in a village in Margo National Park, within the Mursi territory. They carry weapons to protect their cattle against raiding. The different tribes are known to kill each other over cattle, grazing land and water hole disputes

This Hamer girl is not yet married and you can see this by the necklace she is wearing. There is no metal round her neck. She is wearing a traditional goat skin skirt with intricate bright bead work

Hoping to capture the beauty of this traditional tribe before it disappears, photographer Louisa Seton travelled to the African country to track down these extraordinary people

Of all the tribes in the Omo the Hamer are the largest and the most fashionable. They wear goatskin skirts decorated with cowries and bright bead work, copper bracelets and rings. They are pastoralists and agriculturalists. The women work in the fields tending to crops of sorghum, beans and maize while looking after their children

Traditionally the Suri women take care of the household and child rearing and tend to fields of sorghum, maize, beans, tobacco. The women's pot was used to carry sorghum beer a much loved beverage amongst both male and females

This Hamer woman is pouring milk into a gourd. Her husband had just milked their cows beside their hut and given her the milk to feed the children