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Forest Spirit, Makao, Congo, 1999

"To recruit his [first] team, Fay went to Makao, a Motaba River village frequented by Bambendjellé [Pygmies] living as they have for thousands of years—in a world ruled by forest spirits such as Ekambo Deki, a hunting deity 'captured' at a forest camp and made to dance."

—From "Megatransect," October 2000, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Michael K. Nichols