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Entries in tanzania (20)

Friday
19Feb2010

A Stationary Magic

DateFriday, February 19, 2010 at 12:00AM

"Photography is in essence a scientifically accurate process for the reproduction of objective appearances, a stationary magic that fixes a second from time's passage on a single plane. Its greatest service is documentary." – Lincoln Kirstein, Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, December 1933

I've read this phrase over and over again. It's the first collection of words that preceeds the masterful black and white images of John Loengard in "As I See It." I've been an artist all my life, yet it took forty years worth of moments to really prepare me to see as a photographer. To open up my heart and mind wide enough to fully embrace the significance of human interaction, absent of my involvement. Nothing thrills me more than documenting the magic of life.

Read the story behind this image made at Shepherds Junior School in Arusha, Tanzania.

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Wednesday
27Jan2010

What Strength Looks Like

DateWednesday, January 27, 2010 at 10:40AM

Praise, manager of local non-profit organization BEST (Business and Entrepreneurship Support Tanzania) and her team introduced us to several of their clients during our visit with them in Arusha. She explained to us that the poorest of the poor are eager to cultivate the land if they are supported with farm inputs, seed capital and farm acquisition.

This is Agness, a wife and young mother. She welcomed us into her modest home in Magadini Village to show us her baby and share her life with us. Thanks to BEST's seed capital and business services' support, Agness is able to support her family with the money she earns cultivating her rice paddy. Quietly, she moved with ease out to the center of the muddy field for me to make her portrait. Patient and proud. This woman's strength humbles me.

Update 01/28/10:

I just received an email from Praise at BEST. She writes, "Agness has just harvested her rice. She harvested 14 bags and all are stored in her single room. By next week I will send you her amazing pictures. Others are doing fine too with a lot of demand and expectations from BEST. They want to copy from Agness." If you want to offer support for people like Agness in Arusha, let me know and I'll connect you with my friends at BEST.

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Saturday
23Jan2010

Valuable Assets

DateSaturday, January 23, 2010 at 05:34PM

The lost art of handwriting is practiced (in English) with precision at Shepherd's Junior School in Arusha, Tanzania. These stacks of notebooks are used again and again, year after year. Repurposed. Paper, pencils, crayons, and chalk are valuable assets for these children. I think about how quick I was to toss a piece a paper because of a bent endge, or a pencil because I might not like the color of it. I value them differently now.

Update 01/24/09:

You might enjoy this NYTimes story by Nicholas Kristof about a family in Atlanta inspired to press the reset button on their lives and live on half of what they had. Looking forward to hearing Kevin Salwen and his daughter Hannah's story at the TEDxAtlanta event this week.

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Sunday
10Jan2010

The Beginnings of Things

DateSunday, January 10, 2010 at 10:45AM

I could feel the connection between Mama Lucy and Jen develop shortly after we arrived in Arusha, Tanzania. Maybe it was the way they listened to each other so intentionally. The warmth and fluidity of their conversation. It's such a gift to witness and reflect on these moments – the beginnings of things. At this moment, Mama Lucy and I didn't know that she would travel far from her home to share her story at the European Summit for Global Transformation. She wasn't on the agenda. She didn't have a plane ticket, nor a plan to spread the wealth of her soul beyond the reach of her community. But I think Jen knew.

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Thursday
10Dec2009

The Distance of Letting Go

DateThursday, December 10, 2009 at 01:02PM

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