Street Abstract
Lady Cook
food worker
As I explored the environs of El Wak Stadium, Accra, Ghana, site of the Dec 2023 AfroFuture music festival, this lady, taking a break from food preparation, caught my attention. Revealed is a face that reflects the inner beauty of the one on whom it rests.
Quiet Morning
Quiet Morning
Penang, Malaysia (7am, 20 Jan 2024)
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty:
This City now doth, like a garment, wear
The beauty of the morning …
⎯Wordsworth
Kahlil Gibran Lebanese Poet
Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms.’
⎯Kahlil Gibran, Lebanese Poet
(January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931)
Image⎯Near Polo Grounds
Penang Island, Malaysia, 6 Nov 2022
Kezia Agyemanboafo Accra Ghana
Portraiture
Collections
Accra, Ghana, Dec 30, 2023
Kezia Agyemanboafo
Afro-Future Musical Festival
El Wak Stadium, Accra, Ghana
My portrait of Kezia Agyemanboafo, a local lady, was captured the image while exploring the grounds within El Wak Stadium during the AfroFuture Music Festival, held on its last night in Accra, Ghana, 30 Dec 2023. Faced with poor and often fluctuating sources of light (not unusual and expected under these circumstances), I saw this lady on the ground with her face perfectly lit, and immediately asked if I could take a photo. I promised to complete a portrait and send her a copy. She nodded her approval, I took the shot, received her email, and later fulfilled my promise to her.
Artists Alliance Gallery
Omanye House
Labadi Road, Accra, Ghana