It’s been a week since I left Ghana and it’s been very bittersweet. For these past seven days, I have been reflecting on my six weeks in one of the most beautiful countries I have ever visited. As I conclude this last “required” blog post, I want this to come straight from the heart. I Read More …
For the first time since June 28, when I left for my internship in Ghana, I have the place to myself. My 19 former housemates and I have all dispersed. Now, I’m sitting in my apartment’s dining room, trying to come up with some way to summarize six weeks in 500 words or less. During Read More …
It has been one week and a few days since I’ve left Ghana. Today, I was going through my photos and the first picture I took was of a Club beer. Oh, how I miss that terrible lager. I miss so many things about Ghana. Not every moment was comfortable, but those six weeks were Read More …
One week ago, I flew out of Accra. I can’t tell if it feels like yesterday or a year ago. It almost feels as though I was never there at all as if it never happened and the past month and a half of my life are missing. Looking back at pictures from the trip Read More …
During the Media in Ghana trip, I took an insane amount of photos (I’d say too many, but no amount of photos is too many). Throughout the trip, I would quickly skip through the photos I had taken that day and choose a few of my favorite to edit, as while there I didn’t have Read More …
During my internship with The Finder, I was sent out with my camera to cover various events throughout Accra. While a number of events were fairly run of the mill and frankly boring, I was given the opportunity to photograph a handful of events with very important people present. These people covered both Ghanaian and Read More …
I have always been intrigued by street portrait photography. Street portraits give the photographer the opportunity to capture the originality and uniqueness of each moment. Ghana is unlike any other place I’ve been, and I was immediately drawn to photographing the simple, beautiful everyday experiences that occur along the streets of Ghana from the moment Read More …
It hit me the hardest when we were in that small room at the Coconut Grove Hotel. Just hours before we finished visiting Elmina Castle, the largest and oldest slave trading port in the world. It was an emotional day for me. It’s one thing being in a classroom learning about the horrific conditions that Read More …
There were many many things that I was nervous about for this trip: What if the food hurts my stomach? Who is going to pick me up from the airport? What is fufu? The list goes on, but nothing made me more worried than what to pack. I hate, no, I despise not having the Read More …
The internships that students have gotten through the Media in Ghana program exist across a broad spectrum. Some students have been allowed to do very little, while others have been asked to do way too much. I feel lucky to have landed at Mullen Lowe Accra, the oldest ad agency in Ghana. I write this Read More …
This is the captain of our boat on Lake Bosumtwi, the only natural lake in Ghana. The water sits in an impact crater made from earthbound meteor hundreds of years ago. It’s located just southeast of Kumasi, with a population of around 70,000 Ashanti people, comprised of roughly 30 villages. The Ashanti people consider Bosumtwi Read More …
As I sit down to write this, it is my final day of being an intern at Joy Sports. It is 10:17 AM, I was the first person in my office to arrive today, I had to get the keys from the security guard, open up the room myself, and none of my coworkers have Read More …
Photo 1: On our last weekend trip, we visited the third largest open-air market in the world, located in Kumasi. I chose to not pull out my camera inside the market, as I wanted to take in all the vibrant sights, smells and sounds without having to focus on taking photos. It then started pouring Read More …
When I first decided to come to Ghana for a six-week internship at the Chronicle, my grandmother became very excited. “I have an old friend who grew up in Ghana in the 60s! She absolutely loved it,” she told me. That is how I came to know Frances Longman, a British citizen whose family moved Read More …
I still remember the first conversation I had with my mom about applying to the Media in Ghana program. It was November, and the priority deadline for the application was due mid-January. My decision to apply was spontaneous and unplanned but ended up being very rewarding. Here’s why. Long-Lasting Relationships I underestimated the power of Read More …