PORTFOLIO Austin Super (1924–1992) was a retired businessman and photographer who shot images in India, China, Mongolia, 158 Indonesia, Tibet, and Thailand, among other locations. His photographs of Papua New Guinea were taken primarily in the Highlands during a three-week trip in August 1988. He became a club member in 1989. FIG. 9 (above): Photographer: Austin Super. Papua New Guinea, 1988. Photographer’s note: Dead bodies coated with red clay and smoked in a smoke hut for preservation, then placed on the ledge of a cliff overlooking a village. Believed that the deceased protect the villagers by overlooking them in this way. Cat. no. 183. FIG. 10 (left): Photographer: Austin Super. “Father, ‘uncle,’ and sleeping child.” Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 1988. Photographer’s note: In many tribes in Papua New Guinea, the father’s responsibility is to play with and “spoil” his child, to be his child’s closest and most beloved friend. All the other obligations of the father are transferred to the child’s maternal uncle. Cat. no. 184.
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