I am absolutely unique, just like everyone else (15 December 2016)

Karolin Klüppel, Phida with balloon - in the series Mädchenland, Mawlynnong, India, 2013


Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.

- Margaret Mead

Karolin Klüppel, detail of Ibapyntgen with bugs - in the series Mädchenland, Mawlynnong, India, 2014

I was wise enough never to grow up, while fooling people into believing I had.

- Margaret Mead

Root Bridges of Cherrapunji, in the Khasi hills in Meghalaya state, India


If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognise the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

- Margaret Mead

Karolin Klüppel, Theodora, playing- in the series Mädchenland, Mawlynnong, India. 2013.

Laughter is man's most distinctive emotional expression.

- Margaret Mead

 Meghalaya village, India

Karolin Klüppel, Deng in her Kitchen - in the series Mädchenland, Mawlynnong, India, 2014

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

- Margaret Mead

Dawki River, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India


Karolin Klüppel's photographs in the village of Mawlynnong, in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, and home to the indigenous Khasi, one of the world’s rare matrilineal societies

Girls Rule in an Indian Village (New York Times)

Photographing a Kingdom of Girls (The Atlantic)

Portfolio: Photographer Karolin Klüppel visits an Indian village where girls hold all the power (Independent)

Photographing in the Kingdom of Girls (National Geographic)