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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Anonymous says:
you are an AMAZING PHOTOGRAPHER!!!
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— May 5, 2009 @ 10:05 pm
Scarlett Lion says:
Thanks, anonymous
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— May 6, 2009 @ 10:06 am
sleek says:
i agree with anonymous..and i so need one of those hair cuts…your camera must have 500mpx, or thereabouts..
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— May 6, 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Scarlett Lion says:
@sleek – you actually don’t need a million mpx to make a great photo (and the file I uploaded here was only about 80 kb). I snap with a Canon 5d and used a 50mm lens in this shot. If you’re looking to learn more about photography, check out lightsalkers.com and the Digital Photography School.
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— May 8, 2009 @ 12:05 am