Unpublished favorites from Ghana in Hipstamatic

October 28th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

What it says on the tin: the best of the rest from the Ghana in Hipstamatic series.

Making medication meaningful in Africa

Beads for sale

Hilarious Services

Urban Ghana in Hipstamatic

October 24th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

Since we’ve already done rural Ghana, I thought I’d continue the Ghana in Hipstamatic series with its urban counterpart:

Newspaper stand in Kumasi

Internet cafe in Accra

Urban agriculture in Tamale

The view from my hotel window in Accra

Ghanaian transport in Hipstamatic

October 20th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

Today in Ghana in Hipstamatic: the wide and wonderful world of transport.

Bicycles: the all-purpose mode of transport

Motos for sale

The practical application of all those childhood games of sardines

Repurposed railway

Ghanaian portraits in Hipstamatic

October 16th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

I’m more comfortable photographing landscapes than people, so most of the portraits I have from Ghana were incidental.  But I thought this handful turned out well:

A man exiting a mosque in Tamale

Women under an umbrella at the Tamale market

Young boy supporting Obama

Women selling charcoal

Ghanaian murals in Hipstamatic

October 12th, 2011 § 1 Comment

I don’t think I’d fully realized how many interesting murals there were until I took these shots for the Ghana in Hipstamatic series:

Hairdresser in Accra

President Atta Mills, in need of some renovation

Laocoon en Afrique

Rural Ghana in Hipstamatic

October 8th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

A look at some of the smaller towns outside of Tamale in Hipstamatic:

Tiller

Maize

Playing in the shea nuts

Christianity in Ghana through an iPhone

October 4th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

A look at Ghanaian Christianity in Hipstamatic:

Born Again

Assemblies of God, Ghana

Awesome Finger of God boutique

Islam in Ghana through an iPhone

September 28th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

A look at Islam in northern Ghana in Hipstamatic:

Main mosque downtown

Faith on the move

Teapots used for washing one’s feet before prayers

Ghanaian Education in Hipstamatic

September 21st, 2011 § 1 Comment

A look at several schools in Tamale in Hipstamatic:

Excellent remidial classes

Experimental kindergarten

ABC breeze blocks outside the Tamale International Girls’ School

Ghana in Hipstamatic: Eating & Drinking

September 15th, 2011 § Leave a Comment

Next up: eating and drinking in Ghana, in Hipstamatic.

Typical menu

Calabash full of guinea fowl eggs

Stone lager (at Swad’s in Tamale)

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