An African Portrait
Jun 18, 2012 06:27:53 #
Here's a portrait I took in Cote d'Ivoire several years ago before the political disturbances of the last few years. I posted something like this a month or two ago, a different shot that I think was the entire person seated in a chair. I have been looking over photos from this photo session and have decided that maybe I like this one better. Odd how, after you let the photos from a shoot sit around a while without looking at them you can come back to the pictures and see photos you liked but overlooked the first time.
Jun 18, 2012 06:30:54 #
Jun 19, 2012 10:46:09 #
Nice Photo... I am glad you posted this...cause it made me go back in pull up some old pictures of my trip to South Africa.. We visited the Lesede Tribal Cultural Village..which was outside of Cape Town....
Tribal Dancer Performing for us
A Village Girl holding the dollar my wife gave her.
A Village Lady making beads
Jun 19, 2012 11:01:23 #
Nice photos of people in South Africa. I was very lucky in Cote d'Ivoire. I had friends who were real Africans, and so I was able to hang out with them, spend a day at their village, and generally meet a lot of other Africans, too. My hope is to go back once more so I can get enough photos to finish a book I want to put together.
Jun 19, 2012 11:02:53 #
Jun 19, 2012 11:10:04 #
There is an interesting story behind that photo. I was working pro bono for a committee that has put on an 11-day celebration in Cote d'Ivoire, supposedly for many centuries. They were very helpful to me in arranging for me to attend events, including an appearance of the King, and I wanted to do something for them.
The fellow in the photo is a friend of mine from a previous trip who guided me around and kept me out of trouble, and also helped me get photos. He is, in fact, a taxi driver. We wanted to produce something that portrayed someone who looked regal and powerful. He filled the bill for this. I had a huge piece of local textile, which he is wearing in the photo. We rented about US $10,000 worth of gold for him to wear -- yes, that stuff is solid, heavy gold. What you don't see in the photo is the two guards who were standing just out of camera range, guarding the gold.
The 11-day event is called "The Abissa." Just for fun, I have started designing posters to commemorate the event. This is really a try at graphic design, so I am playing around with it, trying to see what I can do.
The fellow in the photo is a friend of mine from a previous trip who guided me around and kept me out of trouble, and also helped me get photos. He is, in fact, a taxi driver. We wanted to produce something that portrayed someone who looked regal and powerful. He filled the bill for this. I had a huge piece of local textile, which he is wearing in the photo. We rented about US $10,000 worth of gold for him to wear -- yes, that stuff is solid, heavy gold. What you don't see in the photo is the two guards who were standing just out of camera range, guarding the gold.
The 11-day event is called "The Abissa." Just for fun, I have started designing posters to commemorate the event. This is really a try at graphic design, so I am playing around with it, trying to see what I can do.
Jun 19, 2012 11:11:27 #
I think I'm going to fool around with a series of photo-based posters on the theme of "Africa -- The Continent of Wonder."
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