Black & White Portfolio
These are a selection of black and white pictures taken in various places mostly on 35mm film and originally hand-printed on fibre paper.
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- Sylvie
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Sylvie
Sylvie
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- Young Girl in a Doorway
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Young Girl in a Doorway
Bungoma District, Western Kenya.
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- The Woman at the Window
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The Woman at the Window
Bungoma District, Western Kenya.
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- Woman from Bungoma
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Woman from Bungoma
Bungoma District, Western Kenya.
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- The Girl in the Park
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The Girl in the Park
Battersea Park, London
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- Sir Wilfred Thesiger proofs his final book
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Sir Wilfred Thesiger proofs his final book
Surrey, England.
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- Sir Wilfred Thesiger – portrait
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Sir Wilfred Thesiger – portrait
Quite probably the last portrait taken of Sir Wilfred.
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- Shabir helping Mary
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Mary and Shabir
Shabir is a carer looking after people suffering from HIV AIDS related conditions. Mary was his patient.
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- Dennis and Violet
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Dennis and Violet
Dennis is one of life’s unsung heroes. He tended Violet as she approached her death from HIV AIDS with tenderness and love. A committed Christian and Salvation Army member he epitomises his faith in action.
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- Olivia, Tanzania
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Olivia, Tanzania
Olivia suffers from HIV related illnesses.
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- Josephine and Immaculate
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Josephine and Immaculate
Josephine is an HIV AIDS widow. She is seen here with her youngest daughter Immaculate. To find out more about Josephine see the Films section.
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- Marvin and his Grandmother
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Marvin and his Grandmother
Marvin is an HIV AIDS orphan living with his grandmother. To keep them both and to pay for his schooling his grandmother works as a farm labourer for nearby landowners.
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- Hadza Hunter
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- Hadza Tribal Hunter
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Hadza Tribal Hunter – Tanzania
The Hadza (or Hadzabe) people are the last full time hunter gatherers in Africa. They live near to Lake Eyasi and the neighbouring Serengeti Plateau. A very small ethnic group and perhaps one of Tanzania’s oldest inhabitant tribes. The bow and arrow is the preferred method of hunting small game.
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- Portrait of a Hadza Tribesman
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Hadza Hunter Portrait, Tanzania
The Hadza (or Hadzabe) people are the last full time hunter gatherers in Africa.
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- Maasai Firelighting
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Maasai Firelighting
Natron and another Maasai light a fire using the traditional method – a stick and a piece of wood rubbed together over some dried zebra dung. Note the digital watch in this otherwise timeless scene.
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- Maasai elder
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Maasai elder
This is one of the first portraits that I took of an African tribesman.
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- Sand Boy
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Lamu Sand Boy
Taken on Shela Beach on Lamu Island
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- Lake Natron, Tanzania
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- Lamu Cats
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Lamu Cats
The island of Lamu sits just off the north-east coast of Kenya. It is famous for its cat population which are reputed to be descended from the cats of ancient Egypt.
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- ‘Pride’
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Portrait of a Lion
This photograph of this majestic animal was taken in the Maasai Mara. What I like particularly about it is the perspective looking up at him which adds an extra dimension of heroic quality to this King of Beasts.
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- Java Farmer
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Java Farmer
A portrait of a Javanese rice farmer in his paddy fields.
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- Maasai Circumcision Boys – Tanzania
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Maasai Circumcision Boys
These boys have just undergone ritual circumcision. A process that takes them from the status of children to that of young warrior or moran. They will spend time alone in the bush hunting birds and travelling away from their home community. It is a tradition always to give them some gift upon encountering them.
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- Portrait of Leni
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Leni
Portrait of Leni