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Indigenous Cultures

A National Geographic milestone, this photograph of a Zulu bride and groom in Witwatersrand, South Africa, became the magazine’s first picture of a bare-breasted woman when it was published in the November 1896 issue. The decision to run it set a precedent to publish photos of indigenous peoples "as they are."

Photograph from National Geographic Society Image Collection