Kamou, 29, works on a friend's scooter in the morning. The mechanic
before him stripped one of the screw mounts for the exaust, so he has
to find a way to fix the problem with what he has. Mechanics in
Senegal have to be a lot more ingenious to be able to fix broken parts
instead of replacing them.
Kamou also builds guitars from scratch, making the body from two
cross-sections of a very large local gourd called a calabass.
This photo was taken on July 14, 2006 using a Canon EOS 20D.
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.bullish, Catherine Jamieson, ~Try Luv~, united*colours, and 54 other people added this photo to their favorites.
btezra [deleted] (72 months ago | reply)
~a fine environmental portrait, the lighting here is especially worth noting, plus the subject non-interaction w/ your lens~
(Found from Portraits That Tell A Story)
ALSOM (72 months ago | reply)
Beautful portrait with great lighting. It's shame we cannot see a little of his eyes & look.
sakura love (72 months ago | reply)
very nice lighting, placement, emotion.. perfect shot...
united*colours (72 months ago | reply)
I agree with the above. great shot.
Samantha West (70 months ago | reply)
the light is brilliant. I love the framing.
filsinger (69 months ago | reply)
wow, this is a great shot!
Bunny Beats! (69 months ago | reply)
I like the story and the photo is great.
Small Boat Sailor (68 months ago | reply)
lovely lighting and quality. You've clearly got to know these people very well and thrown yourself into their culture and your images show it.
spokanitis (66 months ago | reply)
The lighting here is perfect!
whiteafrican (64 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called AfriGadget, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
sam_samantha (60 months ago | reply)
your photos are really amazing! thank you for sharing them:)
lilcrazyfuzzy (60 months ago | reply)
Great environmental portrait!
Faun_Cph (58 months ago | reply)
great capture
just.Luc (57 months ago | reply)
Great subject, composition and light. Love the stories you add to your pictures. I love this !
Skylar Woodman (55 months ago | reply)
He sounds like a great guy to know
malik ml williams (49 months ago | reply)
beautiful portrait with a great story.
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seizo92630 (48 months ago | reply)
Beautiful portrait and thankyou for the story line that gives it so much depth
livingdeadgirlishere (41 months ago | reply)
BTW, what kind of lighting did you use???
blaine davis (40 months ago | reply)
Its just natural light coming in the window behind him, plus a little fill probably from a window or open door somewhere behind me,
Jonathanhair (31 months ago | reply)
beautiful photo.
amazing tones.
well done.
just.Luc (31 months ago | reply)
I faved this 25 months ago and I still love this photo a lot !!
tsakalidis konstantinos (25 months ago | reply)
great!!
patrick wilding [deleted] (25 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called a man alone is always in good company, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
TJE| Master of the QT's (25 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called the Black QT's Collection, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
McBragg (24 months ago | reply)
It's good to show that we are in the world, we who make our own. I feel you brother. Peace
This photo was invited and added to the a man alone is always in good company group.
e_romero (10 months ago | reply)
A masterpiece!
psrr1949 (10 months ago | reply)
Hi
Everything about the photo is great except he is looking out of the photo, why? Is he looking at the manual? Eating his lunch (there's a bread roll to his left - the lower right of image)? Is his mobile phone ringing?
If everything remained the same except he was looking to his right, (at the scooter) the story would be much more self explanatory.
He's just discovered the stripped screw mount, the ponderous thoughts as he determines the method to fix the problem. Then the image really tells the story :)
Kind regards
Peter
~Helen Cat (10 months ago | reply)
Great shot and i love the tones !
annadelf (back, but so behind!!...still trying)) (6 months ago | reply)
Wonderful! Thank you!