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A young Fulani boy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso wraps a turban around his head in traditional nomadic fashion. The turban protects from the harsh dust and wind of the Harmattan season. This November, my husband and I are going to be traveling to Burkina Faso for one month. I’ve timed the trip to overlap with Tabaski, [...] Last Saturday was the 2010 DC Caribbean Carnival, which is held every year during the last weekend of June. It launches with a parade with dancers in traditional Carribean carnival costumes. My husband and I rushed into DC early Saturday morning, still 30 minutes late, only to find that this really IS a Caribbean Carnival! [...] I delivered eight pieces of artwork to Gallery Serengeti in Capitol Heights, Maryland a few weekends ago. Gallery Serengeti specializes in “Fine Art from an African Pot” (love that tagline…) Swing by and check it out when you have a chance! They’re located at 7919 Central Avenue, Capital Heights, MD 20743. (Click on “view with PicLens” [...] A few days ago, I blogged about my new Stock Photography-Image Archive site by Photoshelter. Photoshelter’s been updating their features, and I now have the option to easily embed slideshows on my blog and other websites! How cool is that??!!! I’ve been working hard to upload my full image archive to my [...] Children ride the bumper cars at the 2007 Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This is a cool photo that I came across as I was sorting through all my images to upload to the new stock photography site. I think I didn't fully appreciate it when I shot it in [...] The clouds begin to part after a snowstorm in Zion National Park, Utah. Just wanted to let you know that a selection of my fine art photography is now listed in the Museum Store of the Museum of Modern Photography in Pleasant Hill, California! Check it out on pages 2 and 3 of the [...] Photo of a Dinka boy in a cattle camp near Rumbek, South Sudan. The white marks on his face are cow dung ash and is used by the Dinka as a cosmetic. In my “Africa Dreamed” series, I explore emotions—the joyful release of energy from a Dinka women’s jumping dance in war-torn South [...] Apri 2010 Wallpaper: "Breakfast in Bed." A small child in a village in southwestern Niger eats "pot and sauce" with her hand in the traditional African manner. She sits atop a handmade millet stalk bed inside a mud hut. I read a great interview by Heber Vega of Marco Ryan and the Focus for Humanity Foundation. In [...] I’ve just entered a series of six photographs from my “Mali: The Makings of a Pot” photo story in the environmental portraiture category of the Photo District News (PDN) Faces 2010 competition. One of the awards is the People’s Choice Award for the image with the most votes from the viewing public. Of course, I’m at a [...] "Womanhood," Africa Dreamed Collection: A woman in the village of Diagourou near Tera, Niger wears the traditional silver jewelry of the Fulani people. Diagourou is a 5-km, very sandy motorcycle ride from the town of Tera, where I lived during my third year as a Peace Corps volunteer. I was working with the National [...] |
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