Second endeavor in Africa, this time to the island of Sao Tome and Principe (STP); again sponsored by Global Ocean. STP is suffering pressure from Japan to join the International Whaling Commission (IWC); and I was commissioned to do the first probing visit to the country backed up by Greenpeace and IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare). The trip was very positive, the only trouble is that I saw the inside of the prison one day I was taking photos and the policemen thought I would be a good victim to give them some extra income (got out with all me money in me pockets) and also that my computer kind of “exploded” the second day of my stay so I was in some trouble trying to get my work done in a proper way. The after-all math is quite good and I hope to get back there in March this year.
See my newspaper interview here (portuguese only)
The website has been a little abandoned but it was due mostly to my trips and the difficulties I experienced with technology (yes the computer I got to replace the one lost in STP was giving me loads of problems, took almost 2 weeks to fix it!). However I’m preparing my portfolio (FINALLY!) and it should be available the next few weeks…