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Photographer’s Note

This is from the city of Ziguinchor in southern Senegal and I'm about to leave for Guinea-Bissau. I have been offered a seat at the front with the driver. It means I will have to pay a bit more, but after all – I'm white so I'm supposed to be rich. (Which of course I am, comparatively).
The two children probably just happened to be here and wanted to be in the picture. The man I believe was a fellow passenger from Sierra Leone, who turned out to be very nice and helpful and assisted me a lot during the long and complicated journey to Bissau, which involved several changes of vehicle, including an open truck, a small motor boat and a truck converted into some kind of bus.
This picture from 1990 was scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

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fanni (8737) 2008-11-10 10:44

Hej Gert,
interesting group portrait and interesting informative note! I like the way you portray the world and people of the world!
Good composition with a very tight crop; everything and everyone is within the frame :) Very good scan!
thank you,
and warm regards,
Elena

emka (21865) 2008-11-10 21:07

Hi
Interesting story about travels in Africa. I also like travelling with locals, even if it is not so comfortable like with an organized group, in air conditioned bus. But then you see real life. So I suppose you had great time. Nice portrait of these girls. Warm regards

Malgorzata

scroller (2883) 2008-11-11 2:07

Hej Gert ,
Daily life.. how different things can be... I like the way they decorated the car with colours and flowers. I suppose the net on the roof also is having an important role.
So how many travellers where you all together?
Hälsningar
/Stefan

saxo042 (15978) 2008-11-11 2:30

Hej Gert,
Interesting composition with this vertical format and all those standing persons and even more; the ladder leading up to one of them standing on the roof. Nice to see a new country for a change. Do you have more left?
Hälsningar
Gunnar

marietom (32046) 2008-11-12 1:14

hello Gert,

Voilà une image qui me rappelle quelques souvenirs de voyage. Jolie scène de vie quotidienne !
Bonne journée
Marie