Beautiful Island at dusk in the Trobriands group, PNG, 2004

A Kleva / Sanguma man welcomes me to his land, Nduga territory, highlands of West Papua / Indonesia 1995

Women welcome OPM guerillas during a war dance and flag raising ceremony, Nduga highlands, West Papua / Indonesia 1995

Woman and child on their way home from the garden. She carries sweet potatos in a bilum bag tied around her head, Nduga highlands of West Papua / Indonesia 1995

Churchgoers attend Sunday service at a Methodist church, Suva, Fiji 2000

Moment of grace during the Rom kastom dance, Ambrym island, Vanuatu 2005

OPM guerillas from Central Command in the Nduga highlands during military parade, West Papua / Indonesia, 1995

BRA guerillas above the captured Panguna copper and gold mine, Bougainville, PNG 1994

Papuan boy with pearl-lugger headress, used in kastom dances remembering the pearling days of the early 20th century. PNG 2006

Last rites for a Dani chief, dead for three days. He is cremated after both a Christian and kastom funeral, Balium valley, West Papua / Indonesia 1995

A girl in kastom dress during the annual Hiri Moale festival, Port Moresby, PNG 2003.

Annual John Frum Day celebrations (Feb 14) , Tanna island, Vanuatu 2004

Watchful villagers at a reconciliation ceremony at King Tore's 666 kastom area, Bana district, Bougainville, PNG, 2003

Indigenous Kanaks watch soldiers parade on Bastille Day in the streets of Noumea, New Caledonia 1996

Children at a school near the Moro Movement area, Weathercoast, Guadalcanal island, Solomon Islands 1999

Pigs, woven mats and kava plants: gifts at a reconciliation ceremony in Port Vila, Vanuatu 2002

Canoes at dusk along the Fly river, the border between West Papua / Indonesia and PNG, 1999

Taking the leap of faith: a land-diver jumps from a wooden tower during the annual Nangol (land-diving) ceremony on the island of Pentecost. This is the origin of bungy-jumping. Vanuatu, 2002

Entrance to a Kanak chief's house, north of Noumea, New Caledonia 1996

Firewalking ceremony, Coral coast of Viti Levu, Fiji 2000

Politicians, including Prime Minister Barak Sope (right) drink kava on the campaign trail, Port Vila, Vanuatu 2004

A man in traditional costume prepares himself for ritual during a kastom dance on the Sepik river, PNG, 2003

Kastom ancestral dance, along the Sepik river, PNG, 2005

Performers in costume during the Rom dance ritual, Ambrym island, Vanuatu 2004