“Your Elephants”

“Your Elephants”

Land use change in the Transmara, from “Wildlife and People: Conflict and Conservation in Masai Mara, Kenya” by Noah Sitati Here’s a quickie to follow up on my post about elephant conflicts in Masai land.  Quite a few people have written me back...
Moving Elephants

Moving Elephants

Yesterday I got to go and photograph an elephant translocation for the Kenya Wildlife Service.  So cool.  I wasn’t the only photographer there.  In fact there were a lot.  This was the beginning of a huge project to move two hundred (yes,...
The economics of poverty

The economics of poverty

One of the biggest impressions I’ve had in Kenya is the staggering amount of poverty and the massive income inequality here.  All the cities I have been to are filled with people who are clearly unemployed or underemployed.  Official unemployment...
Hand in the slums

Hand in the slums

She reached out her hand. it was small, delicate like a flower. And when I held my hand she tentatively took one of my fingers. “How are you?” Her voice was small and full of innocence. While we held hands a sea surged around us “How are you, how are...