http://riccimedia.com/photoblog media ninja: exploring unorthodox forms of storytelling. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:37:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The power went out. Again. Since most Americans don't get the joy of experiencing the regular power outages that last anywhere from an hour to oh...  I don't know.. TWELVE hours... I thought you could experience three minutes and eight seconds of this most recent one.Brought to you by the ... http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1066 Little lamb at the house of one Mr. Marc Gueye, whom I shot for an AP article. I'll let you know when the story drops, but for now.... meet Mr. Gueye's petite muton. Mignon! http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1065 Khady (AKA Superwoman) caught the bird that flew into our house. She then cuddled it and let it go. http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1062 Last week I went to the office for retired soldiers to speak to WW II and Indo-Chine veterans - Senegalese men who fought for France back in colonial days. I loved hearing their stories. More on those later, but for today here's Monsieur Ba. http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1059 Back when the much-anticipated Monument to the African Renaissance had its grand 'coming out party,' in April there was a ceremony that included only the most appropriate celebrities to accompany the 164-foot bronze statue of a muscle-bound man holding up a pointing baby, whilst a scantily clad lady clings to ... http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1056 One of the random reasons I enjoy Senegal so much is because of the diverse array of influences that come from all over the world. And nothing illustrates that better than the language, I think. I realized the other day that within a five second exchange, you can sometimes use ... http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1054 Time to share the media wealth...One of my guardian angels, Leita Kaldi, has published her book on Senegal. Here's a review by author (and fellow Sarasotan) Tony D'Souza. Leita is one of the biggest reasons I came to Senegal. You know those people who come into your life and, if you let ... http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1053 I'm back in Dakar (after almost two months in the States), and I'm back to blogging (after almost five months of neglect!)Here's a photo from a trip I did back in late February when I went with UNICEF to cover a big announcement that the region in Southeastern Senegal has ... http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1051 I am currently pretty in love with Malick Sidibe, a Malian photographer born in the mid-1930's.I've had this photo on my desktop for the past two months...And I love that the dude is 70+ and recently had a great spread in The New York Times Magazine.. http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1049 Was shooting an assignment in Thies, Senegal the other day, when the obligatory gaggle of children surrounded me and demanded 'photo! photo!' I tried to calm them down and explain I was busy for a moment, but the reporter was talking to some sources whom I wasn't going to photograph. ... http://riccimedia.com/photoblog/?p=1048