White journalist photoshopped into blackface 'for Africa'

Hungarian journalist Boglarka Balogh's attempt to 'raise awareness' of African cultures by having her skin photoshopped black has backfired, drawing criticism online.

Boglarka Balogh was photoshopped to look like women from the Himba, Karo, Turkana, Mursi, Arbore, Daasanach, and Wodaabe tribes. Source: Boglarka Balough

'I Morphed Myself Into Tribal Women To Raise Awareness Of Their Secluded Cultures' - that's how Hungarian journalist Boglarka Balogh titled her online photography project.

Balogh said the project was inspired "from my time spent in various African countries where I became fully aware of the issues regarding a number of endangered tribes, and the speed at which they are fading away."

She teamed-up with graphic designer Csaba Szabo to photoshop her white, blonde appearance to look like women from the Himba, Karo, Turkana, Mursi, Arbore, Daasanach, and Wodaabe tribes.

The treatment included darkening her skin, changing her eye colour, and appropriating fashions of photographed tribal women.

Boglarka Balogh depicted as a woman from the Karo tribe. Source: Boglarka Balogh

Boglarka Balogh 'morphed' into a Mursi tribeswoman. Source: Boglarka Balogh

Boglarka Balogh 'morphed' into a Turkana woman. Source: Boglarka Balogh

The project has online commenters drawing comparisons to 'blackface' and sharing negative comments online.

Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup, used to represent racist stereotypes of people of African descent in the 19th and early 20th centuries.