*** just stumbled upon this shot digging through my hard-drive; it’s a quick snap i grabbed last year in western kenya while covering the obama victory celebration. (if you can imagine, there are hundreds of people behind me chanting “obama”) but really, hotel rwanda? “for delicious meals”?! are you serious? then again, what do i [...]
*** my photograph documenting the violent aftermath of kenya’s disputed presidential election was selected for exhibition in the foto8 summer show at HOST gallery in london, england. from foto8′s website: ”The 2009 summer show saw an overwhelming response, with over 2300 images entered from 44 different countries, including bangladesh, iran, mexico, thailand and turkey. for [...]
“After we pull our land rover off the track to watch a pair of leopards, I ask my two safari guides what animal they’d be most excited to see. I’m thinking elephants, lions, rhinos — the charismatic megafauna that attract tourists from across the world. Their answer: aardvarks and porcupines…” — from “kenya’s blackboard jungle” [...]
22:17:20 E.A.T. november 04, 2008 – club obama! the terrace restaurant at the kisumu imperial hotel 01:15am. swatting the mosquitos, clapping them really. alone, in a dirty banquet room, the tables dressed in maroon fatigues, the chairs with those white slip cover things look like klansmen or maybe something out of fantasia. lots of bad [...]
