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Lyle Owerko: Kenya, The Samburu Tribe

Posted: April 26th, 2009 | Author: kamau | Filed under: photography | 2 Comments »

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Screen shot of Lyle Owerko’s portrait series, “The Samburu Tribe” from Lyle Owerko Photography web site. © L. Owerko

Lyle Owerko’s series of portraits on the Samburu of Northern Kenya is currently on show at the Clic Gallery in SoHo. I just wish work this beautiful could be shown to Kenyan audiences as well, it is an amazing look at fellow Kenyans I know so little about. I’ve blogged about the street studio idea before and why I believe it is such an amazing process.

2 Comments on “Lyle Owerko: Kenya, The Samburu Tribe”

  1. 1 Topics about Africa » Archive » Lyle Owerko: Kenya, The Samburu Tribe said at 2:54 pm on April 26th, 2009:

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  2. 2 The Samburu | African Digital Art said at 6:26 pm on April 29th, 2009:

    [...] Found through Africa.Visual.Media. The Samburu is a series of photographs taken by Lyle Owerko, a photojournalist based in New York City. His project features exquisite portraits of “the butterfly people”. Owerku has an extensive portfolio traveling around the world taking astonishing photographs for NGO’s and human rights groups. Please visit his portfolio to find out more about his work. Share and Enjoy: [...]