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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Ugandan girl says:
The doctor dude..is he spritual or medical…?
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— April 4, 2009 @ 12:35 am
mochtaviv says:
Interesting pictures . . .
Indonesian Blog walking
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— April 4, 2009 @ 1:26 pm
roentarre says:
The kid handling the metal instrument is a striking scene for me
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— April 5, 2009 @ 11:12 am
Liza says:
Thank you for sharing their story. Your images are stunning.
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— April 10, 2009 @ 2:39 pm
Rose says:
The red flowers are amazing. I’ll link your site to my blog.
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— April 17, 2009 @ 4:40 pm