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January 21, 2011

Granaries | Idjeli-na, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Agfa APX 100
Dogon-style granaries (male version).

Obama 4eva | Konsongo, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x
Obama shirts were everywhere in Mali.

Abel | Konsongo, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x
Abel, the irrepressible owner of one of the camps in Konsongo. It literally takes two hours to cook couscous and tomato sauce in Dogon country.

Dogon woman | Dourou, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Plus-x
I exchanged a couple kola nuts for this picture, taken within minutes of arriving in Dogon country. Later we discovered the kola nut thing is a total scam--very few people under this woman's age want them and then you're stuck toting around a massive amount that you were talked into buying in Bamako, hoping to give some lucky old dude a kola nut bonanza on the final day of the trek...

January 20, 2011

Djenné mosque | Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

Djenné | Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

Djenné | Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

Monday market | Djenné, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

January 19, 2011

Monday market | Djenné, Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

Djenné | Mali

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Olympus OM-2N | Kodak Tri-x

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