Lakou Souvenance – Gonaives

28/08/2014 · by · in Haiti, Photography

Lakou Souvenance is one of the three of the grand Lakou’s of Gonaives [Lakou Soukri and Lakou Badjo].  All three were founded prior to the Haitian independence in 1804 and each one celebrates a different ‘nachon’ – Souvenance follows Daome [Dahomey]…

Hanging with Latifa

01/07/2014 · by · in Photography, Stories, Travels

Back in the day, I used to drive a VW camper van.  I had two. The first was never blessed with a name – she was a 1977, rusted, green and white bay and lived in North London. Except for…

Unfocused Motion

24/06/2014 · by · in Photography, South Florida, USA

I took these on Saturday around 12 / 1pm on Ft Lauderdale beach with the brightest of Florida’s sunshine reflecting on white sands.  I only had a prime lens,  Zuiko 45 mm F/1.8 for my Olympus.    I had planned some…

Shoot Raw

11/06/2014 · by · in Photography, Stories, USA

I have about 14 years of digital photos in storage and I’m sure there are some gems there.  Still I’ll  look back on these early ‘thinking’ days with wonder and joy as I discover my mistakes and the first rule…

Making the connection

Making the connection

23/05/2014 · by · in Photography

Dance couple at LGBT event in Port-au-Prince Walking around with at least one camera has made me more aware of my surroundings, of people’s actions and their expressions, light, shadows and the ubiquitous things of life.  I used to think…