Nairobi, Kenya, August 2005 I wanted to make a photograph of the density of activity I had seen in many places. I liked the mixture of colours, the industrious number of people conducting business of every sort. As the street disappears in the background, into the late afternoon light, the trading continues almost as far [...]

Nairobi, Kenya August 2005 I came upon this scene after I had visited a auto repair place. The graphic quality of the red and white signs attached to the fence in some kind order caught my attention. The late afternoon light added to the richness. It was like a realist painting in a way, and [...]

Nairobi, Kenya August 2005 I am interested in mechanics because every time I leave town there is sure to be a car story involving a breakdown. An ingenious mechanic somewhere always finds a way to get the car back on the road. When I made this photograph I saw something poetic about the scene, the [...]

Isiolo, Eastern Province, Kenya, December 2007. Women working/walking. I love the way Kenyan women use colour in their lives: clothing, blankets, scarves (and umbrellas). There is also a way the women carry themselves, with dignity, even when laden with goods and children. There was something about the bright umbrella on a sunny day that reminded [...]

Kengeles, Lavington, Nairobi, December 2007 Anthony Mwangi, vocal artist, performing at a Kwani Sunday Salon event. This is a monthly event hosted by Kwani?, showcasing Kenyan authors reading from published works, and voice/sound performers of other sorts. These urban African artists, working in a variety of media, not only produce excellent contemporary African art and [...]

Shores of Lake Victoria, Kisumu, Nyanza Province, Kenya December 2007. We had gone out on a boat just after sunrise, but about an hour into the journey we came across a spot where people were working and we were able to get freshly-caught tilapia and cokes for breakfast. It was just another working day for [...]

Along the road between Kisumu and Eldoret, Rift Valley Province, Kenya December 2007. A Christmas day. As we traveled rural Kenya on Christmas day, the most prominent sight was children dressed in their new or best clothes walking down the road. They were usually on their way to church, or to see family, or friends. [...]

On the road north from Isiolo, Eastern Province, Kenya, December 2007. These young men were paused beside the road, the two boys standing engaging me with their eyes, the other two in natural sculpted poses, seemingly in contemplation. There is a visual connection here between past and present in the way they are dressed. A [...]

Kericho, Rift Valley Province, Kenya, December 2007. A Housing for tea plantation workers. I think I was attracted to the orderliness of this hillside; the neat rows of dwellings made it look like some kind of suburb, families nestled together, laundry on the lines. I like pictures with this kind of organized density and this [...]