‘The three boys turned up with a couple of rice sacks, a bunch of leafy branches, and what looked like a few scraps of bright red fabric. Within half an hour, they were transformed into Kankurangs, and fully in character – jiggling branches, menacingly clashing machetes together… ‘ Read more here Related Posts:Continue reading “Machete Boy, traditional masquerades, The Gambia, West Africa”
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Happy New Year from #ebolafree Gambia! A Year in the life of a photographer and producer team
Updated ‘A Year in the Life of…’: 12/31/14 Thankfully, all is now quiet on the ‘Smiling Coast‘ of The Gambia, after yesterdays ‘attempted coup’. It’s now been a little over a year since we packed our bags and left behind our much loved apartment, in Greenwich Village, to temporarily decampContinue reading “Happy New Year from #ebolafree Gambia! A Year in the life of a photographer and producer team”
New photo project: Masquerades, The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa
Now that we are back in The Gambia, we’ll be continuing with a photography project, based on the traditional masquerades of this region of West Africa. Despite the Gambia being a predominantly Muslim country, the animist fuelled masquerade ceremonies pre-date the arrival of Islam and are still tolerated and practiced around the country. Animism is anContinue reading “New photo project: Masquerades, The (#ebolafree) Gambia, West Africa”
Youtube: Forest Festival, Koudioubé village, Senegal, West Africa
Earlier this year, we traveled a short distance across the border, south of The Gambia (where we have been based for the last 8-9 months), into the Casamance region of Senegal – on assignment for a local NGO, Concern Universal, who we have worked with on previous projects. The purpose of this assignment wasContinue reading “Youtube: Forest Festival, Koudioubé village, Senegal, West Africa”
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