Skin deep
Flowers, leaves and delicate curlicues adorn the skin of this woman sitting in the studio of a henna tattoo artist named Salimatou Lamidou.
Lamdiou is based in Niamey, the capital of Niger, where women can pay up to $30 to have these intricate designs painted on their hands and feet. Henna tattooing, usually applied before baptisms and marriages, is one of the few businesses dominated by women in the Sahel country.