Tuesday, June 1, 2010

ISP - what you've been waiting for

Laundry by Awa
Phone Magasin
Hair braiding
Handshake
Tea on the side of the road
Lape Lape's every last bite
Writing the Koran
Senegal: Teranga, cafe touba, orange
Obama's eyes
Coloring
Afternoon tea
Car rapide tea
Cafe touba
Phone card seller
Talibes
Talibes
Posing with a car
At a soccer game
Talibe and tin
Long Thursday at work
5 minutes and shampoo bottles
Fishy market stares
Colobane
Colobane
Colobane
Ouakam
Ouakam

My month-long photo project was definitely a learning experience! If I didn't already explain it well enough, basically us students were given 300,000 CFA (about $900) and a month of time to do a project within certain requirements. I set off to do a photo project, with no idea what would result. My hopes were to capture Senegalese values in everyday situations. Along with the help of Matar Ndour, a professional freelance photographer, who was my advisor, over the course of the month, we decided on 3 different sets of photos for the final product. They are Les Mains (the hands), Le Foot (Soccer), and Toubab, Photo-Moi! (White person, take my picture!). The above are a few of the photos that resulted from this project, I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them!!