Her nickname is Tornado Taboo and I can tell you this working cocker girl lives up to her name. She was about 16 weeks old in this picture and sat still for the full 2 seconds. Being fast was key here.
In November 2023 I went to Makomp, a small village of the Temne tribe in Sierra Leone. I was there with BoardersNotBorders, a young non profit organisation that aims to make skateboarding accessible in places of the world where it isn't possible yet.
With 5 volunteers, a very limited budget and an army of locals, we built the first skatepark of Sierra Leone as part of a bigger project lead by The Cotton Tree Foundation. They wish to build a community centre supporting people who are thrown out of the society if they don't participate in female genital mutilation.
Sierra Leone has had to endure the most brutal civil war ever recorded and on top of that they've been through a terrible ebola crisis. They're now one of the poorest countries of the world trying to rebuild their nation. While building the skatepark together with the people of Makomp we formed a strong bond. We shared stories, we danced, laughed and cried together and i've never felt more welcome in my life.
BoardersNotBorders was founded by Kojo Kubii, who's been in contact with the village for more than five years now. When we were done building the skatepark and waiting for the concrete to dry, him and I went around the whole village and made a portrait of everyone present those two days. I was behind the camera, Kubii writing down every single name, but also their jobs, dreams, nicknames etc. He later went around with a sound recorder to capture some of the shocking stories about the war, the ebola crisis and the hard circumstances they live under.
These are the faces of the beautiful people of Makomp.
- Рейтинг фотографов по странам и городам строится на основе 3-х лучших фотографий автора и их относительной позиции в каждой отдельной номинации. Рейтинг в номинации "Мобильная фотография" учитывается в меньшей степени для формирования рейтинга. В списке по странам и городам показывается одна фотография автора с лучшим рейтингом.
- В списке опубликованы только работы которые прошли 2-й этап голосования.
- The rating of photographers by countries and cities is based on the three best photos of the author and their relative position in each separate nomination. Rating in the nomination "Mobile Photography" is taken into account to a lesser extent for rating formation. The list by country and city shows one photo of the author with the best rating.
- Only those photos have been published in the list that passed the second stage of voting.
