Hilton Chen
Indigo Blue
A man from the last gun toting Hmong tribe in China poses for an intimate portrait. He is wearing indigo blue clothes and his queue (pigtail) in a top knot on his head. Traditional Hmong clothing is dyed an indigo blue that is so dark that it almost becomes black. The dye is sourced from the Indigofera plant and the process of dyeing, hanging, and drying is repeated twice a day for one month.
Indigo Blue
A man from the last gun toting Hmong tribe in China poses for an intimate portrait. He is wearing indigo blue clothes and his queue (pigtail) in a top knot on his head. Traditional Hmong clothing is dyed an indigo blue that is so dark that it almost becomes black. The dye is sourced from the Indigofera plant and the process of dyeing, hanging, and drying is repeated twice a day for one month.