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  • 12-October-2007--Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo, wearing Mozambican flag ring, cuts jacinto Moudlane's hair. Christina Jafaar, 12, brought her nephew, Jacinto Moudlane, 5, to Nelson for a haircut which cost 10 Meticais, less than .50 cents USD. ?He?s afraid? said Jafaar about her nephew who was wiggly and upset for most of his clipper cut, an appropriate style for the coming hot months of summer which start in November in Southern Africa...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from barber Nelson Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many café stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A men?s haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ?It?s my art,? he says. ?I learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didn?t take a class.? His dislikes: ?I don?t like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I can?t do it.? As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether it?s talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ?There is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,? said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Nelson Filipe relaxes in a barber chair after finishing a haircut as Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on a client's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest time of the week...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. ..Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she l By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Nelson Filipe relaxes in a barber chair after finishing a haircut as Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on a client's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest time of the week...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. ..Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she l By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Nelson Filipe relaxes in a barber chair after finishing a haircut as Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on a client's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest time of the week...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. ..Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she l By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Nelson Filipe finishes a haircut as Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on client Ana Valentim's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest days of the week...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. ..Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she learned how to do at h By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on client Ana Valentim's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest days of the week. Tucha Albinosola 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she learned how to do at home. She said that the tran¨a de mexa is a popular Mozambican style. ..Albinosola enjoys her work and says itÕs artistic. She doesnÕt like doing other styles and prefers the tran¨as which cost 150 Meticais (roughly 6 USD). ..She is single without children and not in a union. Like her colleague, she mostly keeps conversation limited to hair....In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. . As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. .... By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on client Ana Valentim's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest days of the week. Tucha Albinosola 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she learned how to do at home. She said that the tran¨a de mexa is a popular Mozambican style. ..Albinosola enjoys her work and says itÕs artistic. She doesnÕt like doing other styles and prefers the tran¨as which cost 150 Meticais (roughly 6 USD). ..She is single without children and not in a union. Like her colleague, she mostly keeps conversation limited to hair....In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. . As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. .... By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007--Christina Jafaar, 12, who brought her nephew, Jacinto Moudlane, 5, to Nelson for a haircut gives some instruction to barber Nelson Filipe. A haircut cost 10 Meticais, less than .50 cents USD. ÒHeÕs afraidÓ said Jafaar about her nephew who was wiggly and upset for most of his clipper cut, an appropriate style for the coming hot months of summer which start in November in Southern Africa...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from barber Nelson Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007--Christina Jafaar, 12, brought her nephew, Jacinto Moudlane, 5, to Nelson for a haircut which cost 10 Meticais, less than .50 cents USD. ÒHeÕs afraidÓ said Jafaar about her nephew who was wiggly and upset for most of his clipper cut, an appropriate style for the coming hot months of summer which start in November in Southern Africa...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from barber Nelson Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. . By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007--Christina Jafaar, 12, brought her nephew, Jacinto Moudlane, 5, to Nelson for a haircut which cost 10 Meticais, less than .50 cents USD. ÒHeÕs afraidÓ said Jafaar about her nephew who was wiggly and upset for most of his clipper cut, an appropriate style for the coming hot months of summer which start in November in Southern Africa...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from barber Nelson Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. . By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007--Christina Jafaar, 12, brought her nephew, Jacinto Moudlane, 5, to Nelson for a haircut which cost 10 Meticais, less than .50 cents USD. ÒHeÕs afraidÓ said Jafaar about her nephew who was wiggly and upset for most of his clipper cut, an appropriate style for the coming hot months of summer which start in November in Southern Africa...Moudlane, 5, cries while he gets a haircut from barber Nelson Filipe at his salon that he shares at Mercado Janeta in Maputo, Mozambique. The boy's 12-year-old aunt who brought him to the marketplace for a haircut said that he was simply scared. In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. Nelson Filipe, 27, of Maputo is married with one child. A menÕs haircut is 40 Meticais, about 2 USD, in his salon that he shares with a friend. ..The barber likes his job. ÒItÕs my art,Ó he says. ÒI learned to do it by being an apprentice. I didnÕt take a class.Ó His dislikes: ÒI donÕt like it when the client asks me to choose their haircut, and I canÕt do it.Ó As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. ÒThere is some conversation-we talk about their haircut,Ó said Nelson...His hours are fluid and he works from 9 a.m. until 7 or 10 p.m. daily. He is not in any sort of trade union. ÒThere is one, but IÕm not in it,Ó he said. . By photographer Michael Barrientos
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  • 12-October-2007-- Tucha Albinosola, 21, of Maputo works on client Ana Valentim's hair on Friday, October 12, 2007. Fridays and Saturdays are the salon's busiest days of the week. Tucha Albinosola 21, of Maputo works part-time 2-3 days a week, mostly Tuesdays and Staurdays, at the salon doing braiding called Òtran¨a de mexa,Ó which she learned how to do at home. She said that the tran¨a de mexa is a popular Mozambican style. ..Albinosola enjoys her work and says itÕs artistic. She doesnÕt like doing other styles and prefers the tran¨as which cost 150 Meticais (roughly 6 USD). ..She is single without children and not in a union. Like her colleague, she mostly keeps conversation limited to hair....In Mozambique as in other African countries, the biggest concern when getting a haircut is sterilization. With a high rate of HIV and AIDS, caution must be taken for something as simple as a shave and a haircut. ..Zinha and Nelson, a neighborhood unisex hair salon, is located in Maputo, Mozambique at the Mercado Janeta, an open-air market where you can find anything from fresh produce, cobblers, tailors, to a meal a one of the many caf? stalls. . As far a conversation, over three visits to the shop, both the clients and stylists were largely silent with only greetings, directions and exchange of money without they chit-chat that is a typical trait of hair salons and barber shops whether itÕs talk about the latest football game or neighborhood gossip. .... By photographer Michael Barrientos
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