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 
Copyright Glenna GordonFrom friend’s kwanjula I attended over the weekend. Almost makes me want to be a kwanjula-wedding photographer, except that a) it is very hard to take photos in heels, and b) I got all emotional and teary, which made it hard to see through my view finder.
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Tracy says:
What a beautiful image!
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— September 1, 2008 @ 9:16 am
tumwijuke says:
Beautiful picture!
Oh, and you are just an old softie. Haha.
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— September 1, 2008 @ 10:36 am
Pernilla says:
Oh Glenna, it’s a beautiful photo. I have to use it and link to your post. It is really cool.
And refreshing actually, I think, that you write about something which makes you soft!!
P
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— September 1, 2008 @ 10:42 am
31337 says:
silhouettes. gorgeous. and a favourite i must add.
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— September 1, 2008 @ 12:05 pm
dave says:
It’s breath-takingly beautiful.
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— September 2, 2008 @ 12:55 am
Scarlett Lion says:
Thanks all of you
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@Pernilla – the soft is there, just not usually on my blog.
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— September 4, 2008 @ 11:15 am