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Indiegogo Funding Update
Dear all, thank you so much to all of those who have donated so far to my Indiegogo funding campaign about covering the elections in Kenya. You have been amazingly generous. We’ve raised nearly $2,000, and I can’t thank you … Continue reading
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Tagged film, funding, hasselblad, indiegogo, kenya, photo, photography, politics, portra NC
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Lake Nkuruba
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Tagged Africa, muzungu, photo, photograph, photography, pretty, travel, Uganda
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On The Trail Of The One-In-A-Million Bird
I teach photography to people occasionally- nothing particularly complex, just basic handling of SLRs and the outline of how to make pictures a little better. Recently a couple of students from the first class I ran contacted me. They wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Snaps, travel
Tagged adventure, Africa, beautiful, bird, birding, birds, east africa, interesting, malachite, mambamba, photo, photography, ramsar, shoebill, travel, Uganda
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Lake Bunyonyi Snaps
(I was using my new old Nikon F2 all weekend so some film-based images will arrive as soon as I process the films)
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Tagged Africa, beautiful, canoes, dugout, fishing, Lake Bunyonyi, photo, photography, travel, Uganda
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Alien Fruit II
Six years and two months ago I was in Lima, aged 18 and enjoying the tail end of a very good gap year. I posted on my blog (which was called Eloquencias, despite being nothing of the sort) something about … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, beautiful, food, foreign, fruit, funny, photo, photography, photos, pretty, QENP, Queen Elizabeth National Park, runyankole, strange, travel, Uganda, work
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The Rainy Season
Yesterday I spent the entire day slogging through thick mud on a motorbike on a rural road in Northern Uganda in the rain with Andrew Green trying to reach Pabbo to do a story about the refugees there. We succeeded, … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Snaps, travel
Tagged Gulu, huts, Kampala, Northern Uganda, not funny, photo, photography, rain, slum, travel, Uganda
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Two Little Birds
I was in Masaka (southern Uganda) over the weekend photographing a rally, and spotted these two birds on a telephone wire. If you’d like a high-resolution copy of this image to keep as your desktop image or screensaver send me … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Snaps, travel
Tagged birds, cute, Masaka, nature, photo, photograph, telephone wire, travel, Uganda
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Hide and Seek and a Photo Competition
I’m in Ethiopia at the moment visiting some sites for Tearfund, which may go some way to explaining why you’re about to see a picture of a donkey. Ethiopia is very pleasant, although the livestock on the roads make travel … Continue reading
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Tagged competition, donkey, god, photo, photography, picture, travel, Uganda, watoto
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Jobless Millionaires
From a photoessay I did about miraa (khat) chewers in Jinja:
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Tagged chewer, cigarette, jinja, khat, man, miraa, photo, photography, reportage, travel, Uganda
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BIRDS.
I was in the Ssese Islands over the weekend to shoot something for a UN publication on the subject of the HIV/AIDS rate amongst the fishing communities there, and I did the work. However (as Andrew Green, the writer I … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, bird, birds, egret, fishing, hornbill, island, islands, kingfisher, lake victoria, photo, photography, pretty, ssese, travel, tropical, Uganda, weaverbird, wildlife
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Monkey Monday
I’m going to try to make Monkey Monday a regular feature. This one is from Murchison Falls NP.
Smug Lizard
This blog has really grown quiet recently. This week I’m back in-office after a hectic period, so I hope I can entertain you all and woo you all back with some fun snaps I’ve collected while on the move.
The Barbara Project
I was shooting this week for the Barbara Project, which is working with disabled children in the Busoga region. Here’s my favourite shot of the day:
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Tagged Busoga, child, disability, kamuli, photo, photography, Uganda
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Matooke And Future Plans
Tomorrow I depart early for Kampala, where I will be meeting a friend and travelling to South Sudan to witness the secession, and the birth of South Sudan as an independent nation. This means the blog may fall a little … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, travel
Tagged jinja, matooke, photo, photographer, south sudan, travel, Uganda
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Want to Smell Like War?
Sorry for the lack of updates, I’ve been doing a lot of work recently. I’ll have some images to show tomorrow though, for sure.
The Odungu Players
Opio Charles and Okello David made my day today. No question at all. I was photographing in Purongo Market (it’s near Pakwach, in the North West of Uganda) and I could hear some really amazing music coming from somewhere. I … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, travel
Tagged blind, music, musician, odungu, photo, puronga, Uganda
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A Moment’s Peace
The last rally was last night, out on the west of Kampala. Acholi dancers banged calabashes, Mao spoke, we went home. Today I begin the task of actually putting all of these images together into something coherent. I’m trying to … Continue reading
Dilly
Dilly, who runs the amazing ‘WELL Bread‘ blog. Go there if you like bread. Actually, just go if you like good food, good writing or good art! (She is also my sister)
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Tagged amelie, bread, dilly boase, photo, sourdough
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Hanging
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Tagged A New Dawn, funny, gif, photo, photography, travel
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The Fort Portal Show
Justin, Anna and I, along with Joseph our driver, have had a hectic day putting together the Fort Portal exhibition of ‘A New Dawn’, the exhibition of images of Northern Uganda. Click on the picture for a bigger image. The … Continue reading
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Tagged A New Dawn, Africa, exhibition, fort portal, humanitarian, NGO, Northern Uganda, NUTI, photo, photography, travel, Uganda, uganda local government association, ULGA
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The Students
Well, the campaign is over and I’m off on holiday for a few days (well, doing some work too actually, but in Tanzania instead of Uganda) but I’ve left you all with something. At the top of the blog you’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Snaps, travel
Tagged humanitarian, mentoring, NGO, North Uganda, Northern Uganda, photo, photography, students, Uganda, USAID
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Outside the Health Centre, Adjumani
Sorry for the long silence again, my deadline is today so I’m currently looking like more of a looney than usual.
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Tagged Adjumani, Africa, african, baby, child, humanitarian, Madi, mother, photo, photography, Uganda, West Nile, Will Boase
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Milking Time
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Tagged Africa, cow, farming, humanitarian, Kitgum, milking, North Uganda, Northern Uganda, photo, photography, travel, Uganda, village, Will Boase
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