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Nairobi Baptist Church

Nairobi Baptist Church

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Barak in Africa | No Comments

For Jijue One Million, Jars of Clay sang at Nairobi Baptist Church which is a giant circus-looking tent erected in a large field.  It was a fantastic place filled with photographic opportunities.   Amusingly enough, my photo-taking caused a certain amount of consternation among some of the church administrators who couldn’t understand why I was photographing the “architecture” – I wasn’t sure if they were worried that I was from the Ministry of Planning making sure they met building codes or if I was a terrorist looking for a way to sabotage their gathering.   Regardless I spent a good 5 minutes trying to prove that I was with the famous “Jars of Clay” band and was merely photographing the event.

Temple

Temple

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Barak in Africa | No Comments

A small lone Buddhist temple sits on the top of Mount Bokor overlooking the ocean.  If one were interested in being a monk, buddhist or otherwise, this would be a beautiful place to meditate.  However life here is hard, as evidenced by the crumbling shack behind me as I took this shot, where the monks live and tend a small garden and few chickens.

Post Office

Post Office

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Barak in Asia | No Comments

This would have been the post office, which sat quietly at the entrance to the resort community.

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It’s a word that is as much a part of art as it a part of world view. It is a position from which one views an object, people, and the world at large. It is an ever-changing position influenced by space, time and experience; bringing new insights to otherwise unchangeable conditions and beauty to otherwise stale objects. This state of flux is the inescapable province of artists and explorers; those who see at once both the whole and its parts...
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