Kevin Mcelvaney – Agbogbloshie

Kevin Mcelvaney Agbogbloshie Agbogbloshie is a suburb of Accra, Ghana and a former wetland (recreation area) surrounded by the Odaw River.
 About 10 years ago it started to become a dumpsite for illegal e-waste from the industrialized countries (EU, US, UK, China, India e.g.). Nowadays 500-800 shipping-containers with “donations” reach the Tema Harbour (close to Accra) every month. …

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Federal Hall, Wall Street

Federal Hall, Wall Street, 4/8/14, 8:30am. Photo by@sachalecca for @burndiary #wallstreet #newyorkcity#hamandegger #streetsteam #nyse #federalhall#georgewashington

Shadows at LES skate park

The sun begins to set on a beautiful day in New York, creating amazing shadows at LES skate park under the Manhattan Bridge. Photo by @sachalecca for@burndiary #colemanskatepark #LESskatepark#newyorkcity #skateeveryday

Fat White Family

Hello! I’ll be contributing images from my daily life to@burndiary this week. My name is Sacha Lecca (@sachalecca), I live in NYC and work at Rolling Stone magazine where I’m a Deputy Photo Editor. My first post is of one of my favorite bands at the moment. Fat White Family JUST finished a wild set minutes …

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Up from the Sands

  It has been a long time since I have written here. I have been shooting and teaching and teaching and shooting like crazy. Oaxaca, Rio, and now Dubai. Like a madman. Yet all of it my passion , all of it fun, and all of it just what I DO. Yet of course I …

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Kushti Wrestlers

Photo by @elijahsol for #burndiary. Kushti wrestlers wash away red clay accumulated from a long day of training at an Akhara outside of Kolhapur, India. #Kushti is a way of life for the wrestlers – a spiritual sport in the shadow of Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god worshipped for strength – who form a brotherhood around their practice, often living …

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Street Scene

Photo by @elijahsol for #burndiary. Street scene in#goa, #india where burning rubbish piles and morning light sometimes conspire together in this way.

Goan Woman

Photo by @elijahsol for #burndiary. A Goan woman selling fruit demonstrates how to eat a banana to two Russian tourists from sub-arctic Murmansk, who seemed unimpressed. #Goa, #India has become a hot spot for Russians seeking a beach holiday in recent years.

“Non-veg” Butcher

Photo by @elijahsol for #burndiary. A decidedly “non-veg” butcher talks turkey with a potential client in the generally seafood dominated city of #Kochi, #kerala,#India.