LHM Photo: Privileged in Tanzania

This is the first photograph of this collection to be published!!!

Okay so these are a few photo's from my first official collection, Privileged in Tanzania. During college I studied abroad in Tanzania, Africa in January of 2008. First of all I would like to say that this was the first of what I hope to be a life time of trips to Tanzania, Africa. The school program was called " Poverty and Privilege in Tanzania." To me this was an interesting choice of a program name. When we arrived we began to meet and experience life in Tanzania. The programs name became more and more inappropriate, the more time spent in this amazing place.

While in Tanzania I started to think about privilege and poverty... What do they mean? Are they universal terms? This is how I got the concept of this collection "Privileged in Tanzania"

Some people can be so quick to think that these people are under-privileged due to lack of money, material things, cars, etc. It is not until one can see it is a matter of perspective, and looking threw my photographs I saw nothing but privilege. When creating this collection I tried to make the images sharp and colorful. My reason for this was to emphasize every detail of the photograph. not just the people and or the scenery, but the collective image.

Community seemed to be worth more than money every where we went. This gave me the impression that with out family and community you were not left with much. To survive they need their community, and to have this is a privilege. I hope you enjoyed these photos from my collection! If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Here are two links to two amazing organizations in Tanzania, please check them out!

http://amanikids.org/

http://www.kiwakkuki.org/

Privileged in Tanzania

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