About ‘Senegal; Gorée; The Ship of Stone’ by Dirk Lahuis
On Gorée, every stone seems to tell a story of departure and arrival. The island, once the largest slave trading centre on the African coast, bears the scars of the past in its architecture. Although the atmosphere is peaceful now, the buildings are a constant reminder of the strategic and maritime role this small piece of land played…
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My passion for photography started early, around 1970. In the era of analogue photography, I bought a second-hand Agfa Iso Rapid Ic from my savings. Later, I could afford a new camera, and it became a Pentax K1000. I dreamed of a Contax, a Canon AE-1 or a Hasselblad, but those were out of my reach. The magic of capturing a moment at the touch of a button and then bringing it to life in the darkroom with my own hands fascinated me immensely. Developing and…