Most of the photos are up on flickr, the rest will be put up next month.
Here is the address:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42606676@N02/
Thursday, September 17, 2009
To view more photos...
Most of the photos are up on flickr, the rest will be put up next month.
Here is the address:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42606676@N02/
More samples
We were able to visit the neighboring tribe, the Karamajong twice. The tribe stems from the Masai tribe in Kenya and still wear many of the same types of jewelry and use the red plaid drapery. These are two little ones that I met on our first visit. All the children help take care of eachother, the older child is probably only seven years old.A sample of the photos...
A few children in an alley in Soroti, a town two hours south from Kapelbyong.
Hello All! So I made it back from Uganda safe and sound and am readjusting and living up in Portland, Oregon.During the trip I had three photography projects, one with 8 boys from the local school, the second with the Nu Intentions women, and the third my own documentation of the village and the lifestyles and people in it. I will be starting a flickr account and posting all of the photos. Right now, only the photos I've taken will be posted. I'm working on getting some funding for the development of the cameras and once I do, I'll be posting the others as well.
All the photos are for sale for $25 each or $35 matted. The money raised will go directly back to the people in Kapelebyong. The money raised from the boy's photos will go to the secondary school to help create a fence so the students can start cultivating on the grounds and get their school fees paid for (yes, this is a round-about way to support them, but it will be fully sustainable). The money raised from the Nu Intentions girl's photos will go directly back to them as well to hopefully add one to two more women to the organization. The money raised from my photos will be divided up evenly between the other two projects.
Once the photos are all developed I'm going to try and have them displayed at a gallery/shop in Eugene and/or in Portland and will send invitations for the openings.
If you would like any of the photos please email me at ajovone@gmail.com . I will have every photo numbered to avoid any confusion, I will also post information on each photo. The photo above is of Daukus sifting through rice for lunch in front of our place in Kapelebyong.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Last Day...
Well, I fly out this evening. This has been such an incredible adventure and it kills me to be leaving right now. I feel as if I am being ripped from this place. I plan to come back as soon as possible, perhaps next May and June, we'll see.
Thank you all for your support and I cannot wait to show you and many others the photos, work and small glimpses into these people's lives. My hope is to have two different shows either in Portland or Eugene with the photography project from my students at the school in Kapelebyong. There were 8 boys, ages 14 to 21, whom I had given disposable cameras to and has them answer a series of questions in writing to learn more about their thoughts and lives. I will be developing photos from each boy and selling the photos hopefully at the shows. This money will be going directly back to the school to build a fence so the students can start cultivating the land. The other show will be representing Nu Intentions, the micro-finance organization I am now partnering with. For every girl in Nu Intentions I gave a camera to as well and have each of their stories gathered by myself and a few others. I will be selling their photos as well. Along with the photos I'll be selling the earrings they make, to view them go to www.nuintentions.com. This micro-finance is just starting and we are looking to broaden it by accepting a few girls (hopefully more later) from the neighboring Karamajong tribe. After doing some work with them, I have bracelets to sell, and they have graciously given my several samples of their necklaces to sell as well. Both the bracelets and necklaces are the same tribal jewelry the girls wear every day. Along with the work of these women I will be doing a series of drawing/paintings to sell as well. All the profits will go back to the women. I will give more information and history later, this is just meant to be a brief explanation into what I will be doing when I get back. All of this may take a little time due to raising funds to develop the 17 cameras and getting the shows oragnized, as well as other details but I will keep all of you updated as to how the process is coming along and then post photos and information as to how it went.
Thanks again for all of your support and I will see most of you soon!
Thank you all for your support and I cannot wait to show you and many others the photos, work and small glimpses into these people's lives. My hope is to have two different shows either in Portland or Eugene with the photography project from my students at the school in Kapelebyong. There were 8 boys, ages 14 to 21, whom I had given disposable cameras to and has them answer a series of questions in writing to learn more about their thoughts and lives. I will be developing photos from each boy and selling the photos hopefully at the shows. This money will be going directly back to the school to build a fence so the students can start cultivating the land. The other show will be representing Nu Intentions, the micro-finance organization I am now partnering with. For every girl in Nu Intentions I gave a camera to as well and have each of their stories gathered by myself and a few others. I will be selling their photos as well. Along with the photos I'll be selling the earrings they make, to view them go to www.nuintentions.com. This micro-finance is just starting and we are looking to broaden it by accepting a few girls (hopefully more later) from the neighboring Karamajong tribe. After doing some work with them, I have bracelets to sell, and they have graciously given my several samples of their necklaces to sell as well. Both the bracelets and necklaces are the same tribal jewelry the girls wear every day. Along with the work of these women I will be doing a series of drawing/paintings to sell as well. All the profits will go back to the women. I will give more information and history later, this is just meant to be a brief explanation into what I will be doing when I get back. All of this may take a little time due to raising funds to develop the 17 cameras and getting the shows oragnized, as well as other details but I will keep all of you updated as to how the process is coming along and then post photos and information as to how it went.
Thanks again for all of your support and I will see most of you soon!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is oly that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy...and when you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight...
Verily you are suspendid like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
-K. Gibran
I am carved out and am recieving one (probably of many) burning processes. I am starting to really grasp the meaning of not only this poem but also of putting yourself in a place, taking action upon the Lord , and He will move in you. If you allow him to, and ask and thus open your heart to what he has, he will move and work.
One of my hopes in coming here was to be broken for him, repeatedly and that through this process He would better be able to continue his work in me, and in that be able to serve and understand loving people all the more. I have been in a constant state of movement , this is what it feels like to truly grow. It is incredibley painful, and yet although I am on my knees , I am not at a loss.
My purpose here is to educate people...to bride the gaps in communities, to aid in allowing two people who are completely different to better be able to relate to one another. To be able to get a view into a different life and start to grasp the essence of this person. But, this purpose gets so easily lost in all the other needs out here. It is too easy to want to do as much as possible, maybe for a good reason, but I'm learning that every little step counts, especially the details. For the past few weeks, every day, I have been mending and repairing the villagers clothing. It seems like an insignificant thing to do, but most people only have one to two pieces of clothing, and repairing it gives them clothing for maybe even another year.
I have also been thinking about the details in life and how to communicate these people and their lives and thoughts. Using photography, paintings, audio redordings and even their own words I hope to show all of you when I come back the essence of who many of these people are.
And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears.
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain.
Is not the cup that holds your wine the very cup that was burned in the potter's oven?
And is not the lute that soothes your spirit the very wood that was hollowed with knives?
When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is oly that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy...and when you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight...
Verily you are suspendid like scales between your sorrow and your joy.
Only when you are empty are you at standstill and balanced.
-K. Gibran
I am carved out and am recieving one (probably of many) burning processes. I am starting to really grasp the meaning of not only this poem but also of putting yourself in a place, taking action upon the Lord , and He will move in you. If you allow him to, and ask and thus open your heart to what he has, he will move and work.
One of my hopes in coming here was to be broken for him, repeatedly and that through this process He would better be able to continue his work in me, and in that be able to serve and understand loving people all the more. I have been in a constant state of movement , this is what it feels like to truly grow. It is incredibley painful, and yet although I am on my knees , I am not at a loss.
My purpose here is to educate people...to bride the gaps in communities, to aid in allowing two people who are completely different to better be able to relate to one another. To be able to get a view into a different life and start to grasp the essence of this person. But, this purpose gets so easily lost in all the other needs out here. It is too easy to want to do as much as possible, maybe for a good reason, but I'm learning that every little step counts, especially the details. For the past few weeks, every day, I have been mending and repairing the villagers clothing. It seems like an insignificant thing to do, but most people only have one to two pieces of clothing, and repairing it gives them clothing for maybe even another year.
I have also been thinking about the details in life and how to communicate these people and their lives and thoughts. Using photography, paintings, audio redordings and even their own words I hope to show all of you when I come back the essence of who many of these people are.
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