Visual records

Bobsi 08 Bobsisa Saubateli

My sister brought this project to my attention. Klaus Schoenwiese went to Zambia to hold a photography workshop through Kids with Cameras. The results are featured in the November issue of Smithsonian Magazine.

The Zambia Workshop - Chishawasha Students' Gallery can be viewed here. I know I will never see an artist's bio the same way again.

"Bobsisa Saubateli (13): Bobsi is a little down on himself. He wants to be more physical. A great dancer and soccer player, he is currently overcoming TB. But treatment is tiresome. He's also getting tired of waiting for the powerful changes a boy of his age wants to see happening. He's quite mature in other respect and by the time you read this he may be getting what he asked for. Bobsi would like to be a journalist one day: "What inspires me is the way they collect information". Well here we go: Bobsi's dad "died in his sleep", and his mom Sarah "got sick and died". Unfortunately both died from AIDS related complications. Bobsi had a brother and a sister who died equally........"

If you are looking for a last minute gift, one of these prints would be a powerful thing.