Daily Foto: Nothing like it in Niger!
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Phodographer Ariane Kirtley in Tangarwashane, Niger, March 2010
Ariane Kirtley, founder of AmmanImman – WaterisHope a charity to bring clean water to a most remote area of Niger in West Africa has partnered with Dog Meets World. In this scene Ariane tells “as the sun was setting and I had finally made the round of all the families, I was printing out “family portraits” for the villagers of Tangarwashane. With me were sitting some of “my” little kids watching as the photos are being printed and as Sadouan with her husband Alhassan admired their family portrait. Before meeting me, these people had never seen a camera, a car, or any kind of technology. They lived as people did 500 years ago. Today, they’ve seen so much, from a borehole, to a camera, to a printer and their very own first picture!“
Daily Foto: Beauty in a stark land, children of the Azawak, Niger
Phodographer Ariane Kirtley in the Azawak region of Niger, West Africa, March 2010
Ariane Kirtley founded a project to bring clean water to a desperately needy area of Niger where 500,000 people live on the brink. She says “While conducting my work with Amman Imman (Water is Hope), I document everything I do with photos. I have always wanted to give back the photos I take, and have never before had the opportunity before now. Thank you, Dog Meets World, for giving me that opportunity. Little Foto was a big hit, and has become the mascot for Amman Imman as well!”
Daily Foto: VERY first photos for villagers in Niger…the sands of time!
Phodographer is Ariane Kirtley in the Azawak region of Niger, West Africa, April 2010
Dog Meets World teamed up with Ariane, founder of AmmanImman, Water is Hope to bring very first pictures and clean water to the people of this very desolate, impoverished and remote region of Niger. Here the children are patiently watching and waiting for Ariane to print the first pictures anyone has ever seen of themselves. Imagine the amazement. More to come!
The Daily Foto: First Photos from Niger
NEW Phodographer Ariane Kirtley in Niamey, Niger Dec. 2009
First photos from founder of the charity Amman Imman that serves to bring clean water to remote regions of Niger in West Africa. Dog Meets World collaborates with this life supporting charity by taking and giving first personal life affirming photographs to the local people in the capital city of Niamey.