Worker
Construction worker crosses road #lagos #nigeria Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burndiary#burnmagazine#streetphotography#tomsaater
Street food seller
Street food seller fries turkey and Yam #lagos Island #nigeria Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burndiary#burnmagazine#streetphotography#tomsaater
Look3 moment
It was a teary eyed moment last year @look3festival when Lois Liggins joined LOOK curator Kathy Ryan @kathyryan1 and I onstage for the launch of “Tell It Like It Is” a book I originally shot in 1967 when I was a grad school student. Lois was on the cover then and now when she was …
Chilli Pepper seller
Chilli Pepper seller takes a nap #lagos Island. Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burndiary#burnmagazine#streetphotography#tomsaater
Selfie
Friends taking a selfie #lagos Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burndiary#burnmagazine#documentaryphotography#nigeria
Taxi
Taxi breakdown #lagos Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burndiary#burnmagazine#documentaryphotography#tomsaater
Driver
Bus conductor #lagos. Photo by Tom Saater @tomsaater #burndiary#burnmagazine#documentaryphotography#tomsaater
Mitch Alland – Alone in Bangkok
Mieczysław “Mitch” Alland Alone in Bangkok The title Alone in Bangkok echoes the English title of Hans Fallada’s German wartime novel, Alone in Berlin. As one reviewer wrote, “Fallada’s masterpiece has “its emphasis on the solitude in which moral choices are made.” For me, these photographs reflect the situation in Thailand. Bangkok has grown exponentially in recent decades, mainly through migration …
Doll
This is one of the weirdest pictures I have ever taken. I felt really weird taking it. It’s totally a found picture. All I did was reach in my bag, take out my camera, aim and shoot. Yet it was totally eerie since I had photographed this same Barbie doll about 3 years ago. Washed …
Family
A family in Obalende #lagos Photo by Tom Saater #burndiary #burnmagazine#documentaryphotography#tomsaater