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 sorting through the crate. On that day, I was looking for something. “You are lost!” a Uganda might say. But, 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.
... on Why Invisible Children can’t explain away this photo 
I found Jason Florio’s work when checking out the winners of the New York Photo Festival. His work stood out among the other projects immediately, and I soon found myself checking out an extended version of a Short Walk Around the Gambia on his homepage and behind the scenes stories on his blog. Definitely worth your time and bandwidth.
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— July 12, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
Brendan says:
Glenna, that’s just awesome. Thanks for the heads up. So creative. The second shot is a strong reminder for me of being in villages in Senegal’s Casamance, just south of The Gambia.
B
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— July 12, 2010 @ 12:53 pm
Rachel says:
Oh, excellent. Thanks for posting this link! I used to like in Basse Santa Su in the east of the country. I loved it…
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— July 12, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
Brian Leverton says:
These are realy great photos love the work.Brian
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— July 18, 2010 @ 10:52 am