And thus begins the search for the perfect location. Scurrying briskly in the chilly winter evening, we crisscross the city, gravitating towards every steeple we catch in the distance. Magnificent buildings, subpar surroundings. Excellent surroundings, rather mundane buildings. Until we find her. She is beautiful and reeks of perfection. But this is just our first [...]

I received the urgent email in November through Matador.  She was writing an article on Ankara and had read a blog post I’d written awhile back about this native fabric essential to daily life in Nigeria. They needed photographs ASAP.Skeptical at first, ample research on my part followed. Soon enough, photographs and details were exchanged, [...]

It seemed surreal staring at the cover of the complimentary copy of Faceless Voices that arrived in my mailbox last week. I remember chatting with Temo two years back when it was still being written and finalized. She needed an image for the book. After bouncing a few ideas back and forth, we played around [...]