nairobi, kenya
{korogosho christian center}
virginia makes a special treat for the children, bread with butter, and jam
recess at korogosho
teacher miss nazarene at korogosho
children in class at korogosho
students learn a trade at korogosho{children in nairobi}
{baptist children's home}
cynthia
{street kids}
to be honest, i did not go to photograph the street kids today. i went to get to know them. but i feel i need to share this one photo, and story. this is jon. he is 15. his mother died in an accident in 2003, and his father died of sickness in 2006.
jon had been living with his uncle until january, when the post-election violence spread to his village. both jon and his uncle fled, and were separated. jon never found his uncle, or any other family. he has been living on the streets of downtown nairobi for 10 months now.
please pray for jon. pray that our father would have mercy on him, protect him from the many dangers of the streets, pray that he would have enough to eat tonight, and somewhere warm and safe to sleep. pray please that god might provide him with a home, and a family.
to be honest, i did not go to photograph the street kids today. i went to get to know them. but i feel i need to share this one photo, and story. this is jon. he is 15. his mother died in an accident in 2003, and his father died of sickness in 2006.
jon had been living with his uncle until january, when the post-election violence spread to his village. both jon and his uncle fled, and were separated. jon never found his uncle, or any other family. he has been living on the streets of downtown nairobi for 10 months now.
please pray for jon. pray that our father would have mercy on him, protect him from the many dangers of the streets, pray that he would have enough to eat tonight, and somewhere warm and safe to sleep. pray please that god might provide him with a home, and a family.
post scriptum: photographers, feel free to critique. my photography, of late, is no, no good.
Well, I'm no photographer, but I still think your pictures are amazing! I especially like the one with the little boy pushing another sitting on that big seesaw lookin' thing. At first glance, it looked like the kid was picking the other up sitting in a folding chair!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the birthday wishes! We do need to chat more. But what is this "Skype" of which you speak?
ReplyDeletehi! i don't speak english.. i speak spanish..
hola! soy MC Elias, de Argentina..
que Dios te bendiga y puedas seguir adelante pase lo que pase.. te dejo un abrazo..
visit me!
MC Elias
Paraná - Entre Ríos - Argentina
thesaint.tbn@gmail.com
I think that you're pictures are wonderful. They're almost National Geographic quality.
ReplyDeleteHi! you have done great pictures. I love them. Korogocho is a very dough place, but the children are always so happy. Fortunately.
ReplyDeleteGod bless them!
You're freak'n awesome!
ReplyDeletei can be more specific later on each photo, if you'd like-- but i just wanted to comment on the one that stood out in my mind just now to comment on-- I like how you are using your frame well in the one baptist children's home image.. with the child in/on the tires in the foreground-- i wish though that the foreground and background were accentuated a little more by getting just a tiny bit closer--
ReplyDeleteAND-- are you editing these at all-- color correcting that is because they all seem flat color wise, that's why i think you are not editing them
AND i BEYOND love that you are spending time with your subjects/the people that you are photographing instead of making an image and then moving on. love you kristen
Thanks for putting little captions up on them as we talked about last time. As I was looking at these I had two thoughts that echo what Kat said. The image of Cynthia at the children's home is great, and I was thinking that your indoor photos could use a little bit more light. I think they are a tad dark and flat.
ReplyDeleteI know that even in more normal situations the people's dark skin and eyes can be problematic. If you could get ahold of a light source to just put a catch light in the eyes if only for portraits like Jon's, it will help people connect better with the image. It doesn't have to be a flash unit, try a little lighter to put a little sparkle in the eyes. If you could get a hold of a flash unit put the mode into manual and keep the power really low like at a 1/32 or lower. Ideally you'd want to have a cable to allow you to hold the flash off camera a little. Again that is some advice for portraits.
Lastly, the image of the little boy turning around in his seat while in class is very good. I like that one the best.