We Effect


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I shot video for a 5 minute short film about Bernadette, a dairy farmer outside Choma, Zambia. The video will hopefully be out soon so I can link to it. Here are some stills I took for We Effects member magazine. We Effect is a swedish NGO, one of the biggest Swedish contributors to aid and development. Their method is …

Bulletin & Record


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I shot these photos for a story on Zambian street culture for Zambian magazine Bulletin & Record. Text by Johan Rahm, director of Junior Reporters. Some photos are from a classroom where the bboys teach anyone who shows up about breakdance, for free. Some shots are from Street Culture, a quarterly event in Lusaka. The night shots are from a …

Field Trip


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I went to two different areas with Johan Rahm who does PR for Swedish Cooperative Center in Zambia. We talked to people who had been living illegaly on government owned land for a long time. I took some photos for SCC and some for myself.  

Timbuktu and DAMN! in concert

Timbuktu and DAMN!, Lusaka, Zambia

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Swedish Hip-hop artist Tumbuktu came to Lusaka with the band DAMN! for a concert at Alliance Francais. I documented the gig and their very brief visit for SELAM, a Swedish organisation that promotes exchange of music ideas between Sweden and African countries such as Ethiopia, Botswana and Zambia. Some of the shots are from the reception with an acoustic concert at The …

Chinika High

Students at high school in Lusaka, Zambia

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I visited Chinika High School, Lusaka, Zambia, to shoot some promotional images for “The Zambia Group” at Kungsholmen Gymnasium, a swedish High School that supports Chinika High and a two more Zambian Schools by fund-raising for tuition fees and exchange programs. The group has a number of activities including concerts to raise money. Early 2013 some of the students will …

stART foundation

Pam Carr at stART, Lusaka, Zambia

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The wonderful people at stART foundation asked me to document a gallery opening. stART promotes Zambian artists in their gallery and use the proceeds to give children and adolescents access to art workshops. The first photo is of Pam Carr, sculptor and her amazing hyena. The main exhibition this time was Stary Mwaba and  Flinto Chanda.

Stary

Stary Mwaba, Painter, Lusaka, Zambia

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Together with Johan Rahm I am making a documentary about the Zambian painter Stary Mwaba. Apart from being an very talented and well-established artist he is also a good friend. Here are some shots I took when filming one of the interviews with him.