Doll

We were staying near Lake Naivasha, and had travelled up to Lake Elementaita for the day. On the way back we stopped at the one-horse town of Gilgil where we visited a collapsing Anglican Church and its colonial graveyard. At the entrance I saw a bundle of black plastic bags on the ground and picked it up. Rubber bands had been used to give it limbs and a head, and I realised it was a crude doll. These two little girls timidly approached us and politely loitered while I put two and two together and gave it back to them. They were so happy to get it back, and obviously proud of it.

Details: Minolta X-500, 50mm lens, exposure not recorded. Gilgil, Kenya, April 2000. Placemark.