Wong, Lana
Description
The photographs in this book were taken by the Shootback Team, a group of 31 kids, aged twelve to seventeen, from Nairobi, Kenya. They live in Mathare
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, one of the largest and poorest slums in Africa.
Two years ago, these kids had never held a camera. Today, their photographs are exhibited, published and collected around the world.
Equipped with $30 plastic cameras, the Shootback Team has been photographing their lives, and writing about them since September 1997. Through their own words and pictures, this book tells their story.
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