ACCRA
FEBRUARY 15, 2008
These are my favorite photos on my Ghana trip
Nana (the younger one) & Victoria - two friends I
made
You sense some of the strain on the face of this street vendor.
Like others of his kind, he walks up and down between
traffic lanes selling anything from pencils to shampoo.
After 12 hours of trading, if he is lucky, he will
make a profit of 90 cents. Many of these traders suffer blinding
headaches by the end of the day, especially those
who carry cold goods on their heads.
The bright face of Sammy, the little boy next door,
atop his uncle’s shoulders.
This schoolboy, Kofi, was on his way to
school one morning and allowed me to
take his photo. His expression captivates me.
He seems very serious, yet tentative, curious
but uncertain. Wonderful portrait, if I do say
so myself.
Energy transfer. That’s Superman on his bike
pushing the truck.
This is a bit of a gross-out for me. The dark objects
hanging in the tree are not some kind of fruit, they
are thousands of bats in scores of trees lining one
of the main boulevards in Accra. I have to confess,
bats give me the creeps.