http://abbietraylersmith.com/albums/mali.html
Abbie Trayler-Smith was born in 1977 in South Wales. She studied at Kings College London and studied her law degree. As a side, she took pictures for the student newspaper, and then after graduating, (being completely self-taught) she began working for the Daily Telegraph thus starting her career in photography. She later quite the Daily Telegraph to work as a freelance photographer, and to work more on location. Some of her works include the forgotten war in Sudan, the famine crisis in Malawi, and most recently her 2009 exhibition Still Human, Still Here, which tells the story of the underground world of destitute asylum seekers in the UK. To see more of Abbie Trayler-Smith’s work go to http://abbietraylersmith.com/.
This photograph is part of Abbie Trayler’s exhibition based in Mali.
“Abbie, would you mind going to the Sahel for 3 weeks to hang out with elephants and Tuareg warriors? Oh and you can’t wash or the elephants will smell you. It shouldn’t be too hot, only 43 degrees in the shade and watch out for the camel spiders and scorpions….”
I chose this photo because I love the colors of it and the colors of the desert. It was taken of a herder caught in the middle of a sand storm. I think, though the situation is unfortunate, the wind and the visibility decrease caused by the sand makes the photo really nice and catches your eye. And the herder’s garments, which are being blown around by the wind, are really elegant.
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