How much can you carry on your head?
• How much can you carry on your head?
French photographer Florian de Lasse traveled the world to showcase the talents of the people who can carry heavy loads on their heads. In search of subjects for his photo series "How much can you wear", she traveled the 15 regions of some of the most remote countries in the world, from East Africa to South America.
37-year-old photographer Florian de Lasse decided to create a photo project after he saw in Africa long lines of pedestrians carrying objects on their heads on African roads.
Its aim was to capture the most wonderful moments of human abilities with the help of balancing hold huge loads of children in Bolivia to the people of Ethiopia.
She said: "It's amazing how ordinary people show a unique sense of curiosity, pleasure and pride in the formulation itself."
A young man from the tribe of Gale in Ethiopia is holding a rifle between his knees and balances microwave, Coca Cola box and a metal pot on his head.
In another picture, a young girl from Aru in Ethiopia on his head holding three large bundles of wood and a young goat.
It's amazing how manages to carry four large suitcases on their heads.
An Indonesian woman balancing a huge blue bag on his head, plus everything else her child sitting on top of the building.
A little girl stands a huge burden because it has three children on their shoulders under a basketball hoop in her native Nepal.
Soccer Brazil poised with a bag of balls on your head.
The child in the photo from Ethiopia peacefully holding a huge bunch of plastic bottles of water on his head.
In the photo a woman from Ethiopia smiles when balancing a pile of red pillows.
The man with a huge bunch of mops and stuffed toys on his head
A woman named Jessica from Bolivia arm supports a heavy load of bags and packages.
A young man from Nepal carries a bunch of leaves.
An elderly woman in India with the help of a small orange cushions balances with a huge load on her head.
The woman from India with a huge bundle of reeds.