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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
As our time in Accra comes to a close, I thought it would be appropriate to take a trip down memory lane with some of the highs and lows of my internship. Unfortunately, my time was cut short due to personal reasons, but there were some pretty surreal moments over the course of my employment Read More …
Some of my favorite photos from our time in Ghana.
As our cohorts third and final weekend trip approached, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Every one of our trips out of Accra had been special in their own right, but I hadn’t heard a lot about the Kumasi trip and pretty much went in blind. While I knew I wanted to buy some Read More …
We have hit week 6 of the program and it has been one of the shortest-longest trips of my life. I have been ultimately been reflecting on these past six weeks and how much we have overcome as a group. Throughout all the ups and downs, it’s crazy how things happen for a reason. I Read More …
Emily and I were frustrated. The map had led us to the exact spot where the bookstore was supposed to be and yet, even as we traipsed from corner to corner of the intersection, we could not find it. We attempted to ask fellow pedestrians, but everybody was in too much of a hurry to Read More …
Being in a group with so many amazing photographers, I chose to leave my camera at home in hopes that the more camera savvy people in the group would be able to adequately capture the feeling of our trip. I did, however, bring my trusty iPhone 5 (complete with a cracked screen and outdated camera Read More …
It has taken me roughly 30 days to gather my thoughts and emotions surrounding our visit to the Anani Memorial International School in Nima. Upon arriving in Nima, we were greeted by the music instructor and principal of the school. Their faces displayed excitement secretly laced with anxiety; a facial expression I too would adopt Read More …
The first day of my internship, I did not expect to become friends with my new, intimidating coworkers. However, my coworkers ended up being the biggest part of why I loved my internship so much. The job itself was great and taught me so much, but the people I was surrounded by made the overall Read More …