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.
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Mark Palmquist says:
Wow, you can see the humidity in the air. Photo really brings in the senses.
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— August 9, 2009 @ 10:08 pm
tumwijuke says:
Oh, take me there!
The light in your beach pictures is amazing. It’s the coastal aura, I think.
Meanwhile, someone sent me an email highly recommending your blog. I was like, “I know her already! We’re like … friends or something.” He sent a reply that said, “Ha.” Apparently, he didn’t believe me.
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— August 11, 2009 @ 4:57 am
glenna says:
@tumwijuke,
He should! Speaking of which, looking forward to seeing you in a few months!
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— August 12, 2009 @ 5:17 pm