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“This photographic series represents the journey of the artisan into self-creation, stemming from the informality of curating one’s life experiences to generate a perceived self-image and inspired by the informal sector that breathes character into Nairobi’s economy. The Jua Kali sector is built from the opportunistic personality and perseverance of the Jua Kali workers who often use locally-sourced recycled or found objects to develop their creations. I have used this element of Nairobi to describe one’s perceived self-image created from the idea of the Jua Kali philosophy. Each portrait describes a personality that has created a surreal self-image to fit into Nairobi’s Jua Kali world. Jua Kali is Swahili for “Fierce Sun”, referring to the informal labourers who worked under the hot sun. Now it is a term used to describe people who work in any informal way or to describe work that is substandard. Although in reality it is the Jua Kali sector that fuels the city of Nairobi.” Via http://piclet.org/directory/Tahir-Carl-Karmali

©yemig | stardustylightphoto

©yemig | stardustylightphoto

©yemig | stardustylightphoto

©yemig | stardustylightphoto

Herman Hesse (via writingquotes)

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