The architect Charles Newman has spent the last several years wandering Central and East Africa building and renovating schools, libraries, kitchens and other structures, often with a camera in hand. He has shared this collection of his photos of architecture and construction, tools, crafts and people from Kenya to Congo.
Newman recently took a position as the Kenya Country Director for the Kounkuey Design Initiative where he works in Kibera, Nairobi’s largest slum. You can follow him on Twitter and Instagram via @Afritekt, or read his blog, www.afritekt.wordpress.com.
Brick Throw | Usalama, Kenya | 2009
Suspiscious Mug | Usalama, Kenya | 2010
Guitar and a Smoke | Usalama, Kenya | 2010
Bottle Cap Paint | Loita, Kenya | 2011
Hammer Weld | Kibwezi Kenya | 2012
Congo – Rwanda | Bukavu, DRC | 2012
Bulletstones | Minova, DRC | 2012
Afri-Deco | Bukavu, DRC | 2012
Afri-Deco 2 | Bukavu, DRC | 2012
Six Square | Cizi, DRC | 2013
Plaster Beam | Walungu, DRC | 2012
Cool-chitecture | Mwenga, DRC | 2013
Fundi Saw | Minova, DRC | 2013
Congo Djembe | DRC | 2013
Jikos | Nairobi, Kenya | 2013
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Truly, truly great photos. There is simply so much to see. I like the casting done with chain saw cut lumber, the hammer and the scaffolding, it demonstrates how RESOURCE LESS these places are. Having lived in places like these pictured, your photos bring back nice and not so nice memories. Thanks for a trip to the Congo without ruining my shoes.