Zanzibar Lessons
The photographs from Zanzibar, my first photography workshop in an exotic location, say more about me than about what is actually captured in the images.
In just over a week, I played checkers at sunrise with a few men in the harbour, drank Zanzibar spice coffee with four fishermen, and handed my camera to a child in a tiny village so he could take a photograph of me—sitting among his little friends as they made fun of me.
My Zanzibar lesson: what matters is to be (more) present. And if that leads to a photograph, so much the better.
from the 2024 edition of the photography workshop in Zanzibar with pokochajfotografie.pl
Six in the morning. The oldest of this group takes the picture. At six or seven years old, I found him mature enough to hold my camera.
I was blown away when I noticed he applied Dutch angle, just as I do too often.
Matemwe, Zanzibar, November 2024
