Monday, March 16, 2009

@ the streets-Tour 4



I've come to realize that streets are not the same.Some are short,like this one,some are long enough to invent a bus route and others too clean to believe...

Cars and Apparel



I know some garages which give their staff clothes.Some of these are in the form of T-shirts,boots,caps and overalls.All these items are branded with the garage's name and affiliate companies.
Maybe this is a new deviation from the usual fashion industry approach.Soon we shall be hearing of "garage catwalks" and "engine photo shoots."

Photo sketching




Sometimes in life you have to experiment.Check out the 'pros' and 'cons'.Here I wanted to check out how far I can take photography.Like a competition between man and machine.

Monday, March 2, 2009

The Flag Code(Continuation)

Other cool flags in the continent:
Botswana
Chad
Ivory Coast
Gabon
Gambia
Mauritius
Nigeria
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Years of independence in East and Equatorial Africa:
1956 :Sudan
1960 :Somalia
Zaire
Gabon
Congo
Chad
Central African Republic
1961 :Tanzania
Cameroon
1962 :Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
1963 :Kenya
1968 :Equatorial Guinea
1975 :Sao Tome and Principe
Angola
1976 :Seychelles
1977 :Djibouti

Ethiopia was never a colony.
I've also found some peculiar similarities in flags.These particularly,are in colours.Take for example:
The Liberian flag is similar to that of the US,the only difference being the star.It has one star while the US many stars.The Madagascan flag has similar colours with the Niger flag but different design.The Ivorian flag has similar colours with the Irish flag,the Seychelles flag with the Italian and the Ugandan with the Belgian flag.
Some architectural firms prefer designing buildings according to flags,others paint their exterior with national colours.While others landscape their gardens according to flags.
Humans prefer marking their territories and sending messages with flags while others prefer marking large signs on open flat areas.

Pop Art in Kenya






Pop art or Popular art has a big influence in Kenya and in Africa in general.The public, ignorantly don't know it.It is evident everywhere one goes.From the free internet downloads,flamboyant political rallies,matatu culture,the neighborhood signboards to the roadside billboards.
Graffiti artists who are more into socialist realism are slowly exploring the commercial aspect of this genre.On the other hand,Pop culture has gained momentum on the digital level.We now hear of popular websites,blogs,software and other hi-tech gizmos.