A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies

 

Threads crisscross the planet binding portico to rooftop, my Dakar stoop to your Chicago flat. This is where underdeveloped meets tech; two women are grinding grain, one is taken, and the other takes a call on her Samsung.


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  • joie

    10/14/2008

    tu es tres jolie, ma soeur. je t’aime.

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    • Kari

      10/15/2008

      da málanop, ma cherie

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  • Sara R

    10/15/2008

    Incredible picture my dear.

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    • Kari

      10/15/2008

      thanks, scarab!

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  • Framed and Shot

    10/16/2008

    Excellent title for your photo – and very good expression on her face. Look like she is waiting for that other world….
    Well done!

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  • Very strong image – excellent camera position, love her wild expression !

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  • tetsu

    10/20/2008

    Nice portrait! :-)

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  • Joe L

    11/03/2008

    Wow! What a powerful picture; love that you are doing this

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  • Brian

    12/11/2008

    “If only you could have seen what I’ve seen with your eyes”

    wow.
    my sarcastic banter seems so inappropriate after taking time to see what you’ve seen…thank you for giving us your eyes over there
    maybe someday I’ll come over and see with my own :)

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  • Grisel

    12/11/2008

    Girl, I love reading your blog, you need to start thinking about creating a collection of pictures and journaling to make them a book- I’ll buy it for me, friends and family!

    It’s so inspirational! When do you start?! ;) You better hurry, backorders alreay in place!

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  • Dave Perez

    12/16/2008

    Miss you, sweetie… you are amazing…

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    • Kari

      12/17/2008

      Perez y perez. You are much missed.

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  • Kevin Croft

    12/06/2011

    When we were serving with the Peace Corps in Benin, my fellow volunteers and I would sometimes refer to the major cities of West Africa as the Off World Colonies. Since you grew up in Senegal, do you refer to nations apart from Africa as Off World?

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