Wednesday, September 29, 2010

New Orleans street performers

I filmed these kids tap dancing on the streets of New Orleans in late July. Just now getting around to posting it. These talented kids attached coke cans to the bottoms of their shoes and tapped away while tourists meandered by, occassionally throwing a couple dollars in their box. Maybe Adidas would be interested in a commercial?

Peter DiCampo

A friend sent me a link to Peter DiCampo's work a couple month's back and I decided to post it on here. These photographs are truly amazing and this young photojournalist has already accomplished quite a bit in his short career. I was initially drawn to his work because DiCampo worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana, where I studied abroad in the Spring of 2008.

His collection titled "Life without Lights" is a fantastic exposition of life in rural Ghana. In these photos, he used a flashlight to illuminate the lives of his subjects going about their nightly duties, whether working or dancing. Hope he doesn't mind that I ripped this photo of him off his facebook ; ). Check out the links below to his site and a New York Times article about him.


New York Times article about DiCampo's "Life without Lights" project.

Peter DiCampo's Web site.