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2 DAYS IN LALIBELA

7/1/2020

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GIRLS II

27/5/2019

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MWANGA II

11/1/2019

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One of the biggest highlights of 2018 for me was collaborating with Nia The Light 
Here's some of what we got up to in Cape Town back in November 
​Enjoy x

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This year has been such a significant year. 21 days 
in and I decided to cut my hair. When I did that, I felt 
unstoppable and decided to heal things that were going on inside. I met my inner child, I let her pain go and I still do day by day.  I invested more time into 
myself, I graduated from University whilst building 
an online brand.  I forgave myself for things I could've 
or should’ve done better. I faced my fears. I apologized to those I needed to and forgave those I needed to.  moved into my first home. I built a stronger relationship with my parents, my brothers, my sisters and most importantly myself.
This shoot was really symbolic for me as it shows some of the different styles I possess.  I think everyday woman should be able to unlock the different aspects of themselves freely without any judgement or fear of what others will think. Let your soul shine. You do not have to be one thing or look one way. The world we live in right now has such emphasis of people being in a group and sticking to that. I’ve realized it makes people feel safe and a part of something. So let’s all focus on building that sense of safe and home within us. 

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Being a young woman has been full of so much growth. Most recently I have been discovering my sensual and confident side. I’ve always been very shy and an earthy kind of girl but the more I grow the more I want to discover different aspects of myself. My body is changing and the way I see myself is too. I’ve been single for a long time now and I think it’s such a liberating thing for me to grow through in my life right now because I am gaining an understanding of the kind of love I want to give to myself and the love I want to receive. I am setting my own standard because I am deserving of the love I keep trying to give to everyone else.
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I’m in a space where I have an immense amount of gratitude daily for the life I live. Since I was 16 I feel like life just went by and I had all these amazing experiences but because of how jam packed it was, I didn’t get to truly live in the moment. Now that I have my own home, I spend a lot of time alone and I’ve found myself reflecting on my life and all of the things I have achieved.
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Enchula

31/10/2018

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Over the summer I had the privilege of shooting Enchula's first campaign featuring model's Alisha and Adhel 
​Enjoy!
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Jewellery Photoshoot

6/10/2018

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Shooting for new Kenyan jewellery brand 'Enchula' in Magadi, what a joy!
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DANI

8/8/2018

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A couple of weeks ago I went to the village to visit my family.
As usual my grandmother wouldn't sit down and went along with her routine, preparing maize for ugali flour, so as usual I took lots of pictures!

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ANOTHER TRIP DOWN MAGADI ROAD

3/5/2018

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Last week a couple of my friends and I took off down Magadi road to visit my Masai friends.

I was delights to see the amount of rain that they're having and could barely recognise the landscape, it has been transformed.  The grass has shot up creating a beautiful green carpet dotted with beautiful white flowers.

My friends have been planting and are flurishing.

It still amazes me how easy it is to get so wrapped up in daily life and superficial things.  Visiting this village always brings me back to basics.  The simple joy and happiness at a little rain is absolutely beautiful.  
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Count your blessings.
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Sunrise At The Fisherman's Bastion

30/5/2016

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The Beautiful City Of Budapest

20/5/2016

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I LOVE travelling and have been lucky enough to make it a big part of my life.  
​ In April I visited a new Country, Hungary.  My family and I stayed in a lovely Airbnb apartment located right in the centre of the beautiful city if Budapest.  I took over 1500 images on our 5 day trip but I've selected my favourites to share with you all in 4 blogposts; The Beautiful City Of Budapest, Budapest By Night, GoPro Budapest & Sunrise At The Fisherman's Bastion.
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Our balcony
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Budapest In Bloom
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The lovely Airbnb that we stayed in
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The Fisherman's Bastion
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Signs of spring
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Parliament 
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St Stephan's Basilica
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Looking up...
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Looking down...
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The view from the top
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Blossom behind the Basilica
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Central Market Hall

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My first tram ride!
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Beautiful Budapest

20/4/2016

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This month I was lucky enough to head over to Budapest Hungary!  I'm so excited to show you all the photo's from the stunning City...
Here's a little taster of what is to come.
​Enjoy x

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Fishermans Bastion
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Gellert Baths
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Budapest in bloom
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Chain Bridge and Buda Castle 
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Missing The Sunshine

11/11/2015

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Anyone else missing the sunshine?
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Jacaranda Heaven

4/11/2015

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For anyone who knows me relatively well will know that I can't stop talking about how much I love Jacaranda trees!

I've decided to do a little project called 'Where the Jacaranda falls'.  

​Send me your favourite images of where the flowers have fallen and I will add them to my collage which will be featured here on my website!

In the meantime, here are some of this seasons beautiful Jacaranda's along Ngong Road.

Enjoy x
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A TEACHER'S LOST PROPERTY

2/11/2015

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Poetry by Carlo Saio
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Barefoot soul, sketched
through chicken wire lenses

floats in spaces criss-cross
vexing her body, 
as the pixel splattered 
frey of her borderless image

stirs shy dust with the pulse 
undulating earth into the clover 
clouds she palm pockets, above 
the valley's tread of herself,

where they peer at her, behind 
the stare she has learned not see,
she falls under night, green
glowing larval markings 
defend her mapped moist wings 

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and she hatches a face 
with the dark's parasitic grains,
crests a butterfly in the waves 
her wingwind orchestrates

surging in dream

she sees them playing, 
begging to invent the infinite
incapacity of her world, 

and so, the unconscious stirring
stippling her shadow,
grows 
the more
it's light is hidden

Barefoot soul, live
in the art the word 
has taught us to forget ​

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FEAR MONGERING CLOUDS

22/10/2015

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It's been a while since our last collaboration but we're back, wonderful words by Carlo Saio.
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I can hear a child

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out of the anaemic silence

of the sun’s warp, daydreaming
in the dark Classroom’s depth

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a child,

begot and beaten into learning
how to live behind the blood’s
bottled confusion of skin,

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The endless conflict

of a porous bruise,

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​leaking into morning’s ritual

of Mamas laying out makaa

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out of the fire of yesterday,


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Hens cluck songs from fear

and men hear the struck screams
of themselves, distantly-

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in the choral playground of today’s

concealed imitation of tomorrow,

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​games are stone scratched

on the sands of the moon, blind
folded hopscotch frames
in which to resolve

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But tell me when, when
does one ever grow up?

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to become perfectly chiral
to the prism jar, glassed
in the existence
of a hemorrhagic past?

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Waiting For The Plane

22/9/2015

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Who knew Gatwick could look so lovely?!
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Short Trip To Olorgesailie

3/9/2015

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A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I headed down into the Rift Valley to visit the ancient site of Olorgesailie.  Turning off the bumpy Magadi road onto the white dust track that leads to the site was a lovely relief and as the dust flew up around us I was reminded of my childhood family trip to the wonderful place.  
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We spent the afternoon wandering around the site, looking at the bones and ancient tools first discovered in 1942. 
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A lovely little cat accompanied us for dinner! 
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Beautiful Birds surrounded the banda 
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We drove up the nearby mountain, getting a wicked view of the valley cast in evening shadows.
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As night fell, the sky lit up with streaks of clouds.
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At night the heavens opened up revealing millions of starts illuminating the night sky.
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This trip reminded me of how much natural beauty surrounds us here in Kenya and how much I love exploring it.
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