Africa

Sara on safari

November 4, 2010

I’m importing old photos on to my new computer. I came across this one- one of my favorites of my wife. Taken while on a game drive through Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2006.

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Concorde

August 2, 2010
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I was scrolling through the archives this evening, and found this old, old film scan from a trip I took to Kenya in 1999. Sitting at Heathrow in London, I saw this British Airways Concorde taxi by. Taken on my old 35mm Canon, probably some Fuji 400, scanned from the old film negs.

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Serge’s Wedding

July 28, 2010
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-or- I walked into a Baptist church fellowship hall and a Rwandan dowry ceremony broke out Last Saturday my friend Serge got married. On Friday, though, he and his bride-to-be held a traditional Rwandan dowry ceremony, to honor their families and their rich cultural heritage. I thought it was fascinating how they adapted the ceremony [...]

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Glenna Gordon- Harper, Liberia

July 5, 2010

Scrolling through my Google Reader feeds this morning, I came across this post from Scarlett Lion, the photoblog of the tremendously talented Glenna Gordon. Seriously, go check out her portfolio site (www.glennagordon.com). I tend to divide photojournalists in to two camps: those who inspire me to work harder to perfect my craft…and those who make [...]

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Football Fanatics

July 1, 2010
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There’s a great post on the NYT’s Lens Blog today about football (Passion and Imagination in Africa). Looking through those pictures reminded me of this one from my trip to Northern Uganda in 2007. This little boy was so proud of his football, fashioned from plastic bags and string.

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