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Giant Photo Art Finished in Kenya
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02-04-2009, 02:18 PM
"Today, after more than a year of planning, 2000 square meters of rooftops have been covered with photos of the eyes and faces of the women of Kibera. The material used is water resistant so that the photo itself will protect the fragile houses in the heavy rain season. The train that passes on this line through Kibera at least twice a day has also been covered with eyes from the women that live below it. With the eyes on the train, the bottom half of the their faces have be pasted on corrugated sheets on the slope that leads down from the tracks to the rooftops. The idea being that for the split second the train passes, their eyes will match their smiles and their faces will be complete." Images --------------------------- "The market wants a Leica to be a Leica: the inheritor of tradition, the subject of lore, and indisputably a mark of status to own." Mike Johnston |
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02-04-2009, 02:50 PM
Crazy cool stuff happening in the shantytown. --------------------------- "The great green simpleton image I push all the time, the butterball of good-natured fun, is defense." Edward Kienholz, 1970 |
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| Rest in peace John... |
02-04-2009, 04:42 PM
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--------------------------- "The market wants a Leica to be a Leica: the inheritor of tradition, the subject of lore, and indisputably a mark of status to own." Mike Johnston | |
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02-04-2009, 05:19 PM
I spent three weeks last summer in Kibera and Mathare slums. The people living in those houses are actually better off than many others. Many have no other choice but to sleep on the street and in alleys with no roof over their heads. I like that the actual photos themselves serve to protect those houses from the rains. |
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02-04-2009, 08:17 PM
Your right Stovall, I should have called their homes the slums, like the headline in the article. --------------------------- "The great green simpleton image I push all the time, the butterball of good-natured fun, is defense." Edward Kienholz, 1970 |
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02-05-2009, 12:09 AM
We should do this. We could call it.....wait...wait...wait for it...the Eyes of Texas! I'm sorry. |
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02-05-2009, 12:17 AM
That's pretty darn cool! |
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02-05-2009, 12:53 AM
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02-05-2009, 07:33 AM
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LOL...I would take on the job for 300 Million! | |
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02-05-2009, 07:39 AM
I saw an article about this in Marie Claire . . .what this photographer does is amazing, raising awareness and providing a much needed service at the same time. Just think of all the stories behind those eyes . . . Cindy |
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