I got up early today because the first rains of the new rainy season had come and the sunrise was spectacular. Then I went to check on the veg patch, and Peanut the cat came to assist me. These pics are for my sister Rachel, who seems interested in the cat. All I can say is try living with the little hooligan.
Waiting
And pouncing
And disrupting gardening.
Keko rocking out.
This blog has been very quiet for rather too long, and here’s why. I was burgled just after my birthday (yay!) and lost my laptop. This has meant a bit of a slow-down on several fronts, not least because I made the schoolboy error of formatting all of my backups for Mac and dammit it’s hard to find a Mac which I can use for as long as I need to sort this stuff out. So I’m in limbo at the moment- my images are safe, and I’m still working at my normal pace (if not a little faster!), but I don’t have much to put on the blog right now.
So for the next few days at least, this blog will again fall silent. But there are things going on at the moment (one of which is a continuation of my Northern Uganda Churches project and which I will be trying to crowd fund, for anybody who’s feeling generous) and there will be an avalanche of stuff coming as soon as I can get fully back on my feet. I’m sorry if you’ve been waiting for stuff, it’s coming I promise.
(By the way, I’m writing this on Steve Cresswell‘s laptop, which he has been kind enough to lend me for as long as I need it. Thank you Steve, you’re a saviour.
A woman works on a hand loom at Wawoto Kacel, Gulu. Wawoto Kacel, a small centre run by the Comboni Missionaries from Italy, has the purpose of teaching formerly vulnerable or homeless people skills so that they can make a living. Most of the products made are sold in Italy and the US, though there are also some stockists in Uganda.
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been constantly wanting to do something on this blog. I’ve been in meetings with new clients, and been shooting pop stars, and been chuckling at this pie chart, and my work has been published in a few new places which is always good, but I haven’t taken many images which I can post on the blog yet. But they’re coming, and I’m going to do an investigation into Ugandan sculpture art. Brace yourselves for that, because it will include an image of the sculpture which, in my eyes at least, must take the title of “worst sculpture ever punched out of concrete”. I’ll be shooting the pics either today or tomorrow, so get ready. In the meantime, here’s some fun:
A Beginner’s Guide To Driving In Uganda
During the This is Uganda festival last Saturday I put up a bit of cloth backstage and shot portraits of some of the performers (it was easier in the early afternoon when it was less busy, so there’s nobody featured from later on I’m afraid). I hope you like what you see!
Last week Anna curated the exhibition for the opening of the MishMash gallery and cafe on Acacia Avenue, Kololo, and I went along to bash nails into walls for her. It was great, and the day itself (though a little damp) was a lot of fun.
Another awesome creation out of the MishMash kitchen- these are mixed dips with bread.
So I’ve been a little quiet on the blog, but having a whale of a time and I got published four times (four!! Though on the Monitor article they gave my name as “Will Boasei”), as well as being told that one of my pictures is on the walls of the Ugandan Parliament! Most flattering. And to top it off, WordPress has named me as one of their bloggers who covered the biggest stories of 2011, so if you’re here because of that, it’s great to have you here. Busy week this week (off to Gulu for IPS, then Iganga for Raising Voices, then Kampala for the This Is Uganda Festival). Updates will follow.
From a photoessay I did about miraa (khat) chewers in Jinja:
A man lights a cigarette in a house popular with miraa chewers.
