A photographer has captured the fascinating uses of makeup across the world in a stunning new photo series.
Eric Lafforgue set out to show the way different countries, cultures and civilisations use makeup - not just to enhance beauty, but as part of religious rituals, to promote good health and even to showcase different class systems in society
Shot over a period of ten years, the images show people using cosmetics for ceremonies in Papua New Guinea to women in Myanmar and Mozambique who use it as a protection from the sun.
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