Crossing
A woman walks across an intersection lagos. Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #streetphotography#burnimages#burndiary#burnmagazine#lagos#tomsaater
Month: May 2016
Lagos
Hi there, my name is Tom @tomsaater I’m a documentary photographer in Lagos #nigeria. I’m taking over the @burndiary for the next 7 days. When I’m not on assignment I spend most of my time photographing on the street in lagos. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. #burndiary#burnmagazine#streetphotography#burnimages#tomsaater
Uptown and Ruck
My two long time friends from the Bronx River Projects, Raza Ruckus @ruckushotboy and Uptown ( with his daughter). Ruck and Uptown write lyrics, rap, record. They both were incarcerated when they were 18 for a crime they both did commit. 10 years hard time. 10 years writing lyrics as well. I met them both …
Living Proof
Paris, France. From my book “Living Proof” and story in NatGeo Magazine documenting the international HipHop scene. These guys may look a bit tough to some , yet they were Algerian rappers who very kindly took me into their world in the northern neighborhoods of Paris. Yet when I went in unknown ,this dude …
Retro
Retro. From my book “Living Proof”. Here on the West African shore where slaves were sold and shipped to Bahia, Brazil. On board those slave ships were griots like Jali with his kora ( left). Griots are the verbal scribes of Africa. Using kora and drum and voice to tell all that is known …
Bye Tx
So ends my little 4 day essay on Texas Hill Country mostly based on the true story of a wedding at the home of Michael Loyd Young and his wife Ofe. Thanks for the fine hospitality my friends. I started with a photo of Mike and Miller and end now with them in The …
Tx
Luckenbach, Texas. Just a wee bit south of Texas dead center. Hill Country. Well, just country. In the middle of the day, on a hot tin roof, struts the now famous Luckenbach rooster. Not far away is his soul mate hen just a branch or two up in the oak tree watching his every move. …
Sarah Mei Herman – Between Us
Sarah Mei Herman Between Us Growing up is an important theme in my work. I mainly focus on young adolescents; on their constant state of becoming; trying to capture the fleeting beauty of the continual changes they go through on their way to adulthood. I’m drawn to the intensity, vulnerability and sometimes loneliness of these …
Just married
LeAnne and Matt Boyd have been married for less than a minute and walk up the aisle in the Texas Hill Country just as the sun goes down ( lucky for this photog). Matt is on the pro golf tour and LeAnne is a teacher. I wish them both a loving life together.
EPF 2016 – Last hours left
[photo credit: ©Marta Berens – finalist EPF 2015] A FEW HOURS LEFT to apply to the EPF 2016! Enter by TONIGHT May 2nd (6pm PST) and there will be time to complete, re-edit or change your submission till May 5th, 2016 (PDT). Enter here! The deadline for entry is …