by Lauren Neal | Jul 8, 2025 | BLOG
We Survived: Ganviè, Benin A village afloat, where life begins and ends on water. Centuries ago, the Tofinu people fled here, building refuge atop Lake Nokoué when the threat of the transatlantic slave trade loomed on land. The Dahomey Kingdom, bound by spiritual...
by Lauren Neal | Jul 8, 2025 | BLOG
Still So Close Something so close to the soul though still so enormously far from the hands. Like the light from a star, like a voice we cannot identify in a dream, like the galloping of some rider far off which we listen to, holding our breath, our ear touching the...
by Lauren Neal | Jul 8, 2025 | BLOG
The World I Live In Ihave refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe? You wouldn’t believe what once or twice I have seen. I’ll justtell you this: only...
by Lauren Neal | Jul 8, 2025 | BLOG
On the Coast of Île de Gorée My approach to photography always stems from connection—with people, with place, with identity, with memory—serving not only as a means of observation but also as an exchange.Recently, while waiting for the ferry to depart Île de Gorée, a...
by Lauren Neal | Mar 4, 2025 | BLOG
By The Sea: Fishing, Family, and Survival in Oakam At dusk, the coastline of Ouakam, the second largest fishing port in the city of Dakar, hums with the rhythm of the industry—wooden pirogues pulling up to shore, fishermen hauling in coolers heavy with the day’s...
by Lauren Neal | Sep 7, 2023 | BLOG
Discovery Without Expectation At the turn of each calendar, I reflect on my work from the year prior, often through a lens of critique beneath the guise of ambition. In January, however, inspired by a longing to photograph more freely, where curiosity meets...
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