27 min
010 - Slum Photography and Appreciating Where You Are - Biko Macoins On the Lens: Discussions on Photography
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This episode is with Biko Macoins, also known as @slumphotography on Instagram. He is a photographer who captures the stories of the people living within the Kibra community. He is committed to respectfully capturing their experiences and lives in a true to life manner, outside the preconceived narrative that many have towards the Kibra community.
Biko is also an award-winner, having won Most Influential Personality (2014) and Best Photographer in Africa (2015). He shares his thoughts on finding inspiration in other's work, appreciating the space you're in, and viewing photography as an ongoing learning process. Additionally, he shares on his initiative "Piga Picha Mtoi Asome" (Take a picture, Educate a child), which is focused on ensuring that children are able to complete their secondary education. He hopes that he can enable young people to have a voice, outside the shadows of others.
You can check out his work on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slumphotography/
Background Music By: Baraka Munene
This episode is with Biko Macoins, also known as @slumphotography on Instagram. He is a photographer who captures the stories of the people living within the Kibra community. He is committed to respectfully capturing their experiences and lives in a true to life manner, outside the preconceived narrative that many have towards the Kibra community.
Biko is also an award-winner, having won Most Influential Personality (2014) and Best Photographer in Africa (2015). He shares his thoughts on finding inspiration in other's work, appreciating the space you're in, and viewing photography as an ongoing learning process. Additionally, he shares on his initiative "Piga Picha Mtoi Asome" (Take a picture, Educate a child), which is focused on ensuring that children are able to complete their secondary education. He hopes that he can enable young people to have a voice, outside the shadows of others.
You can check out his work on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slumphotography/
Background Music By: Baraka Munene
27 min