Photography lets you find yourself and is a passport to people, places and possibilities. Random Photo Journal is fascinated by everyday culture, from how people look to their personalities, individual character traits and, in this interview, we spoke to Pascal Mrema, a street photographer based in Mombasa, Kenya about his […]
We’re what Time makes us. Our decisions are reactions to the perpetual progression of events. Our milieu is our mold, and milieus are a construction of Time and inter-generational reactions. We like to think that we’re taking actions (which are really just reactions to Time) that are defining of how […]
Just seven days after the celebration of Independence Nigerian creatives take to the street to protest the end of police brutality. The youth, celebrities, and activists have organized mass protests all over the country to peacefully demand an end to police brutality. It is indeed more than coincidence that Fela […]
It is pretty hard to revive an adventure in words, so many situations and emotions. These photographs are a short summary of my last trip to Africa wherein less than 3 months we crossed part of southern and east Africa. It was my third time on the continent and it […]
A few years ago, Ghanaian-American photographer Lloyd Kofi Foster, due to personal reasons, set out to traverse and document the daily lives and situations in Africa. During his journey, he stumbled upon one of Africa biggest treasures: its sun-absorbed, companionable children. This interview features a photo series by Lloyd Kofi […]
Many à nights I haveCut myself open —–I have taken this heart in handCleansed it pure withThe tears of old loversThe ghosts of my dreamsWho have danced on my fleshBruises I cannot hide anymoreMake a mockery of my joy Though nights of mourningHave come and goneThe sunrise always giftsIts promise […]
The rain started with a rush of wind which slashed open the pots sitting at the edge of the hut. Their covers were displaced as if the wind had been without food for days. It had been like this in my village, Nkwerre, for weeks. It was June, the beginning […]
The first thing Njideka saw when she opened her eyes was her children standing in front of her with wide eyes and mouths bent in a frown. They had been standing there and staring until the sheer force of their sadness woke Njideka up from her deep slumber. Olachi, Njideka’s […]
Omorose Aighewi is a photographer that is currently located in Lesotho. Aighewi’s work is comprised mostly of street and documentary work. Her street work captures the eccentric, innovative, and beautiful people that surround her. On her first visit since she was 6 years old, Aighewi wanted to capture the dynamics of […]
How do you console a boy who has lost his innocence to an event buried in guilt? do you bring a mirror to show him that change is the altar on which he sacrificed his boyhood to understand his body. his people & his country? do you build him a […]