Random Camera Charity

[aggienaut]

   Last April in the village of Sanpiri in central Guinea young boy of about ten borrowed my point-and-shoot camera and wandered off. After an hour or so he came back... and when I looked at the photos he had taken, I was really impressed (all the below pics in this entry he took, the one above was taken by his sister)! Keep in mind the odds are good he had never touched a camera before he snapped these photos!


Someone's wee girl in the village, note the dark blue eyes

   His name is Mamadou I believe, but I feel that doesn't identify him very well considering about 50% of the men in Guinea appear to be named Mamadou (including his brother?!)


The young man's mom

   I'm headed back to Guinea this August, not far from that village, and I believe I'll be able to visit the village again, which I want to do anyway to see how they're doing as well as see all my friends there (its the village I stayed in for two weeks). I know I have some old point-and-shoot cameras (as opposed to the fancy DSLR) lying around but unfortunately those ones are dead as doorknobs -- if anyone else has a point-and-shoot camera that they are no longer using that still works, I would like to bring this promising young man a camera.
   They have the ability to charge phones and things (by hooking up to motorcycle batteries!) so he'll probably be able to charge it, but won't have access to a computer so he's going to have to depend on a large memory card and the camera view-screen.



A friend with the same teddy bear.

   Anyway, so yeah, if anyone has an old yet functional camera they might be willing to donate to a young man in central Guinea who I think has innate photographic talent, please let me know!!

Comments

[froganon.livejournal.com]

Those pictures are quite beautiful!

[spaciireth.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Those are incredible.

[ersatzkapitaen]

Whoa, is that a zobie-bear or does red-eye-effect work very well on button-eyes???

Unfortunately I had to buy a new cam because my old one broke, nothing to offer there.

[lenine2.livejournal.com]

What wonderful photos! The woman's dress/shawl outfit is quite striking. I have no camera to offer, but I hope you are able to get one or two so we can see more of his pictures.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

That's a great way to really get a different view of a place!

[nightspore.livejournal.com]

If you still need one, let me look around in my basement. These photos are wonderful.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

> if anyone else has a point-and-shoot camera that they are no longer using that still works, I would like to bring this promising young man a camera.

Maybe try Ebay?

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

These ARE wonderful!!! I have no point and shoots or I would post one immediately. What is your idea, though....about retrieval of the images? I'm assuming you're talking about digital p&s? I think this could be a fantastic kickstarter. I would donate funds to this sort of project.

[vlados-sergeev.livejournal.com]

Где вы учились писать? На журфаке или в ПТУ, определитесь со стилем.

[gaeln.livejournal.com]

I have a camera I could donate but it needs electricity for the battery to be charged. If that's not a problem and you are still looking, let me know. He's obviously so comfortable with those he took photos of...fearless and with a good sense of composition.

[twicet.livejournal.com]

Wow! those are great photographs.

[sistrmoon.livejournal.com]

Love this post and the photos!

[halfshellvenus.livejournal.com]

I hope you're able to get another camera for him. The pictures are great!

[crazybellatrix.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of talent he has. Wonderful photos <3

[pamur777.livejournal.com]

Отличный журнал! Всегда приятно к тебе заглянуть.