Author Archives: The PhotoDiarist
Yet another Annual Update: my year 2011 in 67 photos
Dear family, friends, and those who fit into both (or other) categories, this is that once-yearly mass email I send out and post to my blog to bore you with the details of 365 days of my life. It’s safe for work, except that you might fall asleep face first on your keyboard while reading [...]
Posted in Africa, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, England, Europe, Germany, Ghana, Humanitarian, Liberia, Netherlands, North America, South Sudan, Travel, UK, Wales
Tagged Abergavenny, Abidjan, Airbus A380, Annual update, Bowen Island, Cambridge, Daloa, Juba, Kelowna, Logistics, MSF, New Year's Eve, Ottawa, Salt Spring Island, Tabou, Vancouver, Yamoussoukro
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Creatures of Côte d’Ivoire
From June 19th to December 23rd (with a short break in Ghana from October 1st – 9th) I was in Côte d’Ivoire working as a logistician for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). As usual, I took loads of photos of the little and not-so-little critters I saw. My Ivorian staff sometimes thought I was [...]
Posted in Africa, Côte d'Ivoire
Tagged Creature photography, Daloa, Guiglo, Tabou, Taï
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The Santa Beard
On Christmas Day 2011, Santa Claus sat in my parents’ home eating a small piece of the last remaining bit of their wedding cake from 31 years ago. The cake tasted exactly like the hallway of an apartment building that hasn’t had its carpets changed or cleaned since the days when you could smoke inside. [...]
Daloa and the Amazing Technicolor Shield Bug
On September 18th, while I was still living in Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire, I walked out into the backyard and spotted the prettiest little bug I’ve ever seen. In a couple days I’ll post a bunch of critter pictures from my six months in Côte d’Ivoire, but for now here’s the Technicolor Beetle Shield Bug (turns [...]
