Day 2. Here’s my favorite girl, Natasha, 13 years old. She’s a homeless kid and, as the most of them, she suffered from a lot of violence, including rape. She’s now hosted by the rescue centre and on her way to physical and psychological recovery. She sings wonderfully and, well, I really like her. @simona.ghizzoni …
Hi everyone, here’s my 2nd day posting from Kenya @simona.ghizzoni. It seems that the rainy season has started! This is a pic taken from the car window during the rain shower. #kenya #uncutproject #journalismgrants @ezuccala
Children having a swim in Suam river in Kongelai. The river is the heart of all the activities of the village. @simona.ghizzoni posting from Kenya. #uncutproject #journalismgrants #kenya @ezuccala
Kongelai is a small settlement in West Pokot area, just a few miles away from Uganda. I am completely amazed by the nature here. People are waiting for the rainy season, which should start in a few days. @simona.ghizzoni posting from Kenya. #uncutproject #kenya #journalismgrants
Hi everyone, here’s Simona Ghizzoni @simona.ghizzoni taking over burn diary for the next days. I’m now in Kenya, working on an assignment about women alliances who fight against female genital mutilations. I will try to keep a diary of these days, while I’m traveling through Kenya and Ethiopia. I’m thrilled to share with you this …
Hurricane Joaquin rolls towards New York with winds of 130 mph and rated as a Cat 3. Great. My book publishing class starts tomorrow so it’s gonna turn into a hurricane party I can tell. Teju Cole, Rob Clark and Michael Christopher Brown will be showing my students work along with BurnBooks producer Diego Orlando. …
After a big couple of weeks I thought I would take it easy tonight but I’ve been invited by someone to make some more pictures. These opportunities only come around once so I’m heading back out. I hope you all have a good weekend, keep well, Ben McGee (@mcgeesees) signing off from São Paulo.
Valparaiso, Chile. From my book Divided Soul (Phaidon). This is a one shot only candid photo. Yet I had spent a couple of days with this one family so after a bit I pretty much blended in. I was having my coffee on the center patio and this young girl was about to leave for …
Last night I spent a couple of hours photographing the mostly young kids that sell chocolates and popcorn on the streets. I woke up early, selected and edited a few pictures and took them down to the printer before going to university. I’ve picked the pictures up and am on my way to deliver copies …
Trabalhador/Worker. Today is the last day of my Burn Diary, I appreciate all of you have followed along here and over at my personal profile, the stories will continue there. Thanks so much to @diegorlando, @davidalanharvey and the rest of the Burn team. I have really enjoyed the process of being pushed to create regularly, …
