I’m Glenna Gordon, an American photographer and journalist, presently commuting between West Africa and Brooklyn. Previously, I lived in Liberia. And before that, I lived in Uganda. I’ve traveled and worked in over a dozen countries in Africa.
This blog is named after a found object — a plastic lion that was in a crate of discarded items a friend and a few other artists had gathered. I sat on their roof in Nakasero, Kampala back in 2006, sorting through the crate. On that day, I was looking for something. “You are lost!” Ugandas say. But, on that day, I’d found this discarded kid’s toy, made in China on the cheap, that somehow ended up in East Africa. Something about the hollowed out, paint-chipped figurine appealed to my understanding of this place: I’d never seen a real lion, after all.
I’m in Lagos for a bit, staying at the amazing African Artists Foundation, working on some exciting new projects and snapping away. More soon, but for now, I’m posting lots of photos on Instagram on my own account and also as part of the project EverydayAfrica.
More pictures on tumblr.
In NYC?? Stop by the Half King tomorrow night. A group called Open Show is putting on a projection. I’m excited to see some of the other work and show some of mine too.
PRESENTERS
Mike Kamber - http://kamberphoto.com/
Marvi Lacar - http://www.marvi.net/
Glenna Gordon - http://www.glennagordon.com/
Stephen Mallon - http://stephenmallon.com/
Claudis Schulze - http://claudiusschulze.com/
Prints of select images are now available! See the full list here: Prints by Glenna Gordon. And, if there’s another image you’re hankering for that isn’t listed, feel free to drop me a note.
I’m into the Tumblrs. All in. Starting new ones all the time. For now, here’s a pretty decent list:
Working on pictures from my last Uganda trip.
Monrovia, October 2011
While looking for an old file, I found this comic that I must have scanned from the Daily Monitor back in 2008. Still love it.