Trading Places by Steve Bloom

Trading Places by Steve Bloom

Beauty is your birthright proclaims the Eclipse Hair Salon. The Enlightened Electricals store features paintings of bulbs, switches, sockets, and plugs. More than one shack hotel sports the name Hotel Hilton, while elsewhere Joy Hotel is scrawled in white paint across corrugated metal panels Ghetto life is not easy says the facade of the Abdalla Store. Indeed not: these are people for whom the threat of hunger is never far away, and money is a constant preoccupation. Yet in poignant and frank interviews with Steve Bloom, Kenyans display extraordinary generosity: their priorities are faith, family, love, community, and helping others.

'A unique book that uses photography to get right under the skin of a community and will excite anyone who delights in the creative energies of the street, and of the photographer' - The Photographer
'A compelling read and moving portrait of a side of Africa not often seen … An excellent read and valuable to anyone looking to get into reportage photography' - What Digital Camera?
'… an intriguing procession of street art that is as colourful as the characters Steve interviews' - Amateur Photographer

For more than 30 years, Steve Bloom has been writing TV and film screenplays. His debut novel is The Stand-In. He and his wife live in western Massachusetts with their French bulldog.

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ISBN 13	9780500543818
ISBN 10	050054381X
Title	Trading Places
Author	Steve Bloom
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Thames & Hudson Ltd
Year published	2009-11-02
Number of pages	144
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.