Fishing Shanties in Ghana

The fishing shanties found along the road in Cape Coast Ghana lend themselves to all kinds of interesting images. 

Among the most important commercial activities in Cape Coast, Ghana is its commercial fishing fleet. Providing support to those who ply the ocean currents are the folks who repair the nets, process the fish and perform other economic activities essential to the trade. This means that the opportunities for great images begins in the water and carries on throughout the city but especially in the areas directly adjacent to the water. These fishing shanties provide shelter for those working in these ancillary economic activities as well as storage for much of the gear.

The Healers Shanty                 

Repairing the Nets in Ghana

Photographed in Cape Coast Ghana this image shows a common daily activity. Repairing the nets from the hundreds of boats in the Cape Coast fishing fleet.

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The Mask #1

Image captured at the Lekki Market in Lagos Nigeria
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Combining Images to Tell a Story

This is a snippet of a longer article about a technique for telling a story with images. To read the entire article, click here.

They (whoever "they" are!) say a picture is worth a thousand words and this is true. But two images combined together may just create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts and form one image that is worth ten thousand words.

It may also simply tell the story you intend to tell more effectively or simply capture the imagination of the viewer in a more powerful way.

The picture at the right begins to tell a story, but the people standing in the background . . . well they don't really capture the human side of the story very well.

I was in the city of Calibar, Nigeria with Kip Bates and in our exploration we came upon a beautiful grove of rubber trees through which stretched a dirt path traveled by children fetching water for their families in the village nearby. 

I was intrigued by the rubber tree taps and the colorful nature of the tree where it is slashed to allow the sap to drip into the bucket. I was equally intrigued by the sight of the children walking through the grove on their way home. I took quite a few images of both but found myself unsatisfied with all of them as "stand alone" images that told a story.

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African Constellation

This image was created from a photo of a dancer in Accra, Ghana.

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Ibadan Dryer Mindscape

Clothesline Photographed in Ibadan, Nigeria

The image above was captured in a courtyard in Ibadan, Nigeria. It was digitally manipulated to emphasize the most important elements of the image and de-emphasize those less important. I call these images "Mindscapes" as opposed to landscapes or cityscapes. 

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