Photographer, writer, reporter. Going through life with an eye towards creating records and histories.
On the roof a a friend’s house in Nakasero, Kampala back in 2006, I went through a crate of discarded items he and a few other artists had gathered. On that day, I was looking for something, and I found the lion. Something about the hollowed out, paint chipped toy appealed to my understanding of this amazing continent: I’d never seen a real lion, after all.
Previously based in Uganda, currently in Liberia. Always roaming. This blog provides curiosities, commentary, and photos.
Deborah Solomon interviews President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in this week’s New York Times Magazine. I took the photo, which involved carrying a whole lot of equipment up six flights of stairs since the elevator was broken.
The President was very cordial, and amused that a working photographer lives in Monrovia rather than zips in to town to take her picture. I told her how I’d met her in Kigali, in 2007, and she smiled, and thanked me for working in Liberia.
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You are a rock star. I love these two pictures. I just gave you credit for the pictures on my blog post.
I’m also a big fan of Deborah Solomon’s column (despite this: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/opinion/14pubed.html ). She usually asks hard questions. I’m not sure why she didn’t in this column.
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I agree that the questions weren’t that tough. I was actually a bit worried about the possibility of being associated with a tough interview while still trying to continue working in Liberia, because tough is what I expect of DS. But, it was pretty touchy feely we love Ellen. I continue to think that she gets off so easily because of her rep as Token Good African Leader. It’s just like how John Stewart didn’t poke fun or ask tough questions – EJS is untouchable.
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