For this latest project, Steve Bloom has stepped away from the magnificent wildlife and landscape photography with which he made his name to create a unique portrait of the small traders of Nairobi. This is a place where slick advertising has made few inroads and shopping malls and supermarkets remain a rarity. As across Africa, that is an opportunity for an outpouring of creativity. Businessmen and women paint their own hoardings and signs, or call in friends who happen to be handy with a paintbrush. The results are delightfully quirky an authentic form of popular street graphics that is endlessly fascinating. Through his images, a master photographer gives us an unforgettable picture of one of the worlds most intriguing communities.
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`A compelling read and moving portrait of a side of Africa not often seen ... An excellent read and valuable to anyone looking to get into reportage photography' --What Digital Camera?
`Wonderful graphics and storefronts which, when taken as a whole, form an intriguing procession of street art that is as colourful as the characters Steve interviews' --Amateur Photographer
`Delightfully quirky ... endlessly fascinating' --Image
`A unique book that uses photography to get right under the skin of a community and will excite anyone who delights in the creative energies of the street.'
--The Photographer
`An engaging portrait of a layer of society usually reduced to dry statistics or sensationalist reportage' --Time Out
`A tribute to creativity in the face of diversity' --Lonely Planet Magazine
`A poignant and profound piece of documentary journalism ... a thoroughly engrossing read'
--Book of the Month, Real Travel
'A tribute to the creativity of the human spirit'
--The Big Issue
`Wonderful graphics and storefronts which, when taken as a whole, form an intriguing procession of street art that is as colourful as the characters Steve interviews' --Amateur Photographer
`Delightfully quirky ... endlessly fascinating' --Image
`A unique book that uses photography to get right under the skin of a community and will excite anyone who delights in the creative energies of the street.'
--The Photographer
`An engaging portrait of a layer of society usually reduced to dry statistics or sensationalist reportage' --Time Out
`A tribute to creativity in the face of diversity' --Lonely Planet Magazine
`A poignant and profound piece of documentary journalism ... a thoroughly engrossing read'
--Book of the Month, Real Travel
'A tribute to the creativity of the human spirit'
--The Big Issue
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