My Milonga pictures are published in Grey Magazine.
I am in good comapny; the cover picture is of Kirill Surov from his essay ‘After the Birth’.
I like to thank Constantinos Andronis for getting in touch and good luck with Grey.
Picture: Kerio Lorot. Traditional dancers from Pokot dance together with Tegla Loroupe - President of The Tegla Loroupe peace foundation.
Last week I met up with Kerio Lorot in Nairobi. In 2007 I held a fundraiser to provide Kerio a camera which succeeded due to the generous help of a number of people. How is he doing? Well I visited Kerio’s place, he is married and has twins (7 month old girls). He did recieve his diploma in communication at the Kenya Institue of Mass Communication and he is following evening classes at St. Paul’s university to earn a degree. He volunteers for the Tegla Loroupe peace foundation. Although Kerio still struggles to make ends meet in order to support his family and follow university classes which aren’t cheap, he understands the key to the future is education and therefore I have good hope for his future. What can make us all very happy is that 70% of his present income is generated through the camera we made available to him. During the tribal riots he made money selling photographs to newspapers but mostly he works at weddings. With 3 to 4 weddings a month he can support his family and save what is left for the university tuition. Unfortunatley his lens broke so I took it back with me to have it fixed. Great to see how photography really makes a diference in Kerio’s life.
