A Photo-shoot in The City of Kings

I was in Bulawayo last week running a workshop and took some time out to do a photo shoot with some amazingly awesome young Bulawayo talent and my business partner in Inonzi Memory,  Fungai Tichawangana. It was a great day and I have to tell you that Nkanyeziyethu Malunga is naturally talented as a model, a real pleasure to photograph! This is a sneak peak! The collection of images is coming soon, keep an eye on www.inonzi.co.zw 

The Bulawayo photo-shoot crew: (L) Fungai Tichawangana, Nkanyeziyethu Malunga, The Banda twins, Gilmore Moyo inbetween them and me in the pink!

A Show of Spirit HIFA 2012: African Dance Part 1

This is my first collection of dance images from HIFA 2012 from the opening show that was dance rich and totally energetic and breathtaking! Enjoy :-)

INONZI MEMORY: Inonzi Playtime @ HIFA 2012

HIFA 2012 ' A show of Spirit occurred in May this year and it was quite literally seven days of action packed artistic expression of every kind!  Zimbo Jam was the official online media partner for HIFA and as Inonzi Memory is the photographic content supplier for www.zimbojam.com and defzee.com we were out there in full force capturing all the happenings of the festival. Over the next few weeks as a attempt to go through and catalogue the images from the the festival I will be sharing some with you here so keep a look out for all sorts of fun fair, beautiful artistic expression and the people of Harare having a good time interpreted through my lens!

While at HIFA my partner and I managed to find time to play too! 

Me taking a picture of myself and Fungai Tichawagana my partner as we looked at some creatively designed mirrors at the craft market at HIFA.

Battle of the photographer; who will take a better pic of us in the mirror! Lol!

This mirror is surrounded by recycled paper rolled up into tubes, a really interesting way to frame the mirror we thought.

The God Idea: How One Idea can Change the World by Musekiwa Samuriwo

I was  honoured when Musekiwa Samuriwo asked me to provide the imagery for his new book The God Idea. The image he settled one was one from my collection of images of The Head of Invention by Edardo Paolozzi which you can see here: The Head of Invention collection by E:thos 

Congratulations to Musekiwa Samuriwo on the launch of his book, The God Idea on the 30th March 2012

Find out more about the book here: http://www.facebook.com/TheGodIdea

Introducing Inonzi Memory

                               

 Hello folks!

It has been an absolute age since I last posted and I am pleased to report that its with good reason! Many of you are familiar with the E:thos brand which is my 'artistic name' by which I have been taking under while taking pictures since I started off on this journey o discovery that is becoming a 'photographer proper'. 

 Since moving to Southern Africa I have spent a lot of time building the brand locally on the ground to match the awesome support and following it has online so 2011 was all about building (networking and establishing links).  In this journey I met an awesome photographer whose brand name is fungaifoto and we clicked instantly! We have complementing styles so we thought that we should band together and out of our union Inonzi Memory was born.

Inonzi is a word from the Shona language of a Zimbabwean tribe by the same name. Inonzi means 'it is called' and so we named our combined effort 'Its called memory' because photography's primary purpose we believe is to record events in a way that will tell stories that emulate or re-create memories that individuals / groups / families hold dear to their hearts - hence the name INONZI MEMORY.

So this is what has been keeping me ever so busy and thats why you have not heard much from me on Passion in the Moments however now that Inonzi Memory is in full swing I will be dropping in more and more until normality is restored! 

Please do go over to Inonzi's online spaces and support it as it is an amazing initiative giving you all you love about Passion in the Moments and so much more from the diversity and growing number of other African / African based artists.

Enjoy!


Find Inonzi Memory online here:

Tel: (+263) 778284223

Add: 336 herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare, Zimbabwe

Website: www.inonzi.co.zw 

Twitter: www.twitter.com/@InonziMemory

FB Page: www.facebook.com/InonziMemory

Petina Gappah's take on education in Zimbabwe

Main image supplied for the article by Petina Gappah Guernica Magazine

I am proud to announce that my collaboration with Petina Gappah last year providing images for her essay on education in Zimbabwe was published on the 17th of January 2012 in  Guernica Magazine [Click here].

Land Rover & Zimbabwe have one thing in common: They never quit!

On a recent visit to Mutoko in Zimbabwe I came across this man and his beloved Land Rover. His car is at best slightly younger than Zimbabwe itself and as time has passed through wear and tear it has undergone various modifications to keep it running and reliable on its owners farm. There are no words that can describe the above mentioned modifications than the images themselves. Some would call them sheer genius when considering the alternative large price tag of a new land rover in Zimbabwe's adverse economic climate ; others however (like myself) will be shocked and outraged at the huge health and safety risks the modifications pose. Either way no one can deny that he has made the best out of an otherwise dire situation.

The man and  his pride and joy!

Modified fuel pump

Wear and tear as time has gone by

 

Starter motor modified (If you are always losing your keys with this car no need for a key!)

To be fair all in all the car is in pretty good shape! I think Land Rover should find this man  and
shake his hand for proving that their cars are nothing short of resilient regardless of age or owner!

The Weekend in Black and White: Water catcher

Photo Friday: Cloudy Days

Mazoe Dam, Zimbabwe

Mothering... A photo story

Children are a gift from God

Happy Birthday Donna!

Weekend in Black & White - 01 - 2012

Artisitc design table legs

Six Word Fridays: Looking forward -> Happy New Year!

Looking forward I'm empowered bringing change 
Brining comfort and reaching the hurting
 Doing good and making a difference
Strength from within I bring forth
Spreading love and hope to many

A better tomorrow looking forward

Photo Friday: Days End

Across the Thames overlooking City Hall, London Mayor's office

How many countries are there in the World?

Southern England, UK

 At the Start of 2012 we are pleased to announce that Passion in the Moments has been viewed by 128 different countries around the world so far! In 2012 we aim to be viewed by 32 more countries to make that number 160 countries of the 197 countries in the world (Including The Vatican City, Taiwan, Kosovo and South Sudan.) 

Harare, Zimbabwe

So Team "E:thos / Passion in the Moments" please do share this blog with your facebook and real life friends and family from around the world and help us meet our 32 country target in 2012! 

Our commitment is this, as you keep sharing this blog we will keep adding Beautiful  / Thought provoking / Topical / Interesting images and stories for you and your extended network to enjoy! 

Ekwendeni, Malawi

We look forward to living 2012 with you through imagery and story!

Happy 2012 from us to you!

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