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Trading Places: The Merchants of Nairobi Book

For this latest project, Steve Bloom has stepped away from the magnificent wildlife and landscape photography with which he made his name to create a unique portrait of the small traders of Nairobi. This is a place where slick advertising has made few inroads and shopping malls and supermarkets remain a rarity. As across Africa, that is an opportunity for an outpouring of creativity. Businessmen and women paint their own hoardings and signs, or call in friends who happen to be handy with a paintbrush. The results are delightfully quirky – an authentic form of popular street graphics that is endlessly fascinating. Through his images, a master photographer gives us an unforgettable picture of one of the world’s most intriguing communities.Read More

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    Nairobi is a place where slick advertising has made few inroads and shopping malls and supermarkets remain a rarity. As across Africa that is an opportunity for an outpouring of creativity. This title presents a portrait of the small traders of Nairobi.

  • Blackwell

    This photographic portrait of the merchants of Nairobi offers an encounter with a community rarely glimpsed by outsiders. Steve Bloom has ventured away from the centre of this dynamic African metropolis into neighbourhoods where malls and...

  • 050054381X
  • 9780500543818
  • Steve Bloom
  • 2 November 2009
  • Thames & Hudson
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 144
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