Similar to last year I was commissioned by Kenya's leading Telecom company Safaricom to travel throughout the coastal region for a period of 10 days. The brief was simple on paper 'This Is My Kenya' but its never easy once you are on the ground. The project had the agenda of changing the negative stereotype the world has about Kenya despite our issues.
Two other teams were sent to other regions in the country and the images we submitted were to be shortlisted for their 2016 calendar. My team consisted of a Blogger, Protégé photographer, Producer and Driver/Locations guide.
Here is a shortlist of our top 12 images, 6 that made it to the official calendar.
Photographer / Osborne Macharia
Blogger / Magunga Williams
Protégé Photographer / Emmanuel Thuo
Producer / Fortune Ngoiri
Driver + Location Guide / John Muiruri
Protégé Photographer / Emmanuel Thuo
Producer / Fortune Ngoiri
Driver + Location Guide / John Muiruri
THE MINERS - MKUKI MINES, TSAVO
PASSING ON SKILLS TO A YOUNGER GENERATION - MTITO ANDEI TOWN, ON YOUR WAY TO MOMBASA
A MAASAI ELDER AT MZIMA SPRINGS - TSAVO WEST NATIONAL PARK
GADGET BOY AT BACHUMA - MTITO ANDEI ON YOUR WAY TO MOMBASA
KILLER SMILES OF YOUNG MAASAI GIRLS AT BACHUMA - MTITO ANDEI
99 YEAR OLD GRAND MOTHER AT A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR VOI TOWN
STREET ERA BEAT BOYS DANCE CREW - MALINDI, KENYA
BOYS PLAYING BY THE DUNES - KILIFI
GRANDPA WITH SWAG - VIPINGO SISAL PLANTATION
MR. YUSUF ENJOYING EVENING COFFEE AT JAHAZI RESTAURANT - OLD TOWN, MOMBASA.
EMBRACING DIVERSITY - MOMBASA OLD PORT.
