Africa
My first short trip to Africa was in 1975 to Kenya, at the tender age of six months. It is rumored that I even took my first steps at the Boulevard Hotel! Little did I know at that time, but Africa eventually became my home later on, importantly influencing my formation.
Worn Soles
A fisherman stands in the doorway of his modest hut in Wassini Island.
#Wassini #Kenya #ZeissIkon
Savannah Silhouettes
The Masai Mara will forever have a special place in my heart. It was the first “zoo” I ever knew and a source of many great memories I’ve had growing up in Kenya with family and friends in my early teens. Vivid among those memories is learning how to drive in the rutted dirt roads of the Mara with elephants and giraffes sheepishly watching as I learned how to master the clutch. This picture was taken in 2000 the last time I was in Kenya. As twilight approached, I caught this beautiful scene out of the corner of my eye and took it with my father’s antique Zeiss Ikon camera (my first camera -gifted to my father for his Bar Mitzvah when he was 13 years old).
#MasaiMara #Kenya #ZeissIkon
Detritus
On my last trip to Kenya, my family and I went to the Masai Mara to witness the The Great Wildebeest Migration – the annual migration of giant herds of grazers across Northern Tanzania and Kenya is a truly spectacular event. Over two million wildebeest, zebras and gazelles move through the Serengeti and Masai Mara ecosystems in search of green pastures following a regular pattern. Here is a vulture taking advantage of the thousands of deaths that occur as the animals cross the Mara River.
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Pride
In Africa, the Big Five game animals are the lion, the leopard, the rhinoceros, the elephant, and the Cape buffalo. The term was coined by big-game hunters and refers to the five most difficult animals to hunt on foot in Africa, but is now also widely used by safari tour operators. This Alpha male looks over his pride near a watering hole.
#MasaiMara #Kenya #ZeissIkon
Last Sunset of the Millenium
Last sunset of the 20th century, December 31, 1999. Taken from one of my favorite spots in the world (where I have spent many New Years celebrations in the past) The Estuary at Diani Beach in Mombasa.
#Mombasa #Kenya #ZeissIkon
Deep Roots
A lone mangrove tree battles the tides along the reef on Wassini Island.
#Wassini #Kenya #ZeissIkon
Tempest
The silhouette is of an Impala Gazelle on the horizon as the sun sets over the Mara.
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