Nigeria-Life In A Dump Site-Osodi Emmanuel.

   It is my honour to present the work the work of my friend and fellow photojournalist Osodi Emmanuel, Osodi is a Nigerian based photojournalist and humanitarian. He has been documenting the lives of Nigerian's who work on the struggling Palm Oil plantations once Nigeria's biggest export which has now been eclipsed by crude oil exploration.
   Nigeria is still in a state of turmoil. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to Nigeria. On 14 May, the Nigerian Government declared a State of Emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Military operations are now ongoing in the 3 States and curfews have been announced.
    There is a high threat from terrorism in Nigeria. There is a threat of retaliatory attacks following the declared state of emergency and subsequent military operations in Nigeria. There is also a threat of retaliatory attacks in Nigeria due to its participation in the intervention in Mali.
   These are some of his superb pictures from his photo story from a dump site where people live.
   Words from Osodi;
   "The Dump site in Opic, a border between Ogun and Lagos state,  Nigeria like many around the world, support a community of different people who found a way to survive and to make a living from its resources.
   The Opic dump is populated with citizens from different part of Nigeria . There are approximately 115 residents within the dump site. Opic dump is a landscape of trash, and there are people, most especially youth living in the rubbish. A community of scavengers who sort out trash that comes into the landfill and sometimes rob commuters along the express road during late hours.

  I worked in Opic dump site in 2010 with the aim of showcasing to the world, how youth who are suppose to be the future leader of my country Nigeria are living without future hope. On April 22nd 2013, Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning demolished the scavengers colony, saying that it is an eye sore to Nigerian Goverment. The scavengers have been rendered homeless."

   All images are taken by and copyrighted by Emmanuel. If you would like to buy, publish or license any of these images please contact Emmanuel Osodi

Whitbourn/Jones Archive in Herefordshire

This is 36 Broad Street #LeominsterUK The studio of Robert Jones (1814-1897) Several of his images from the 19th Century are included in an archive being exhibited in Herefordshire this summer. His image from 1865 is the oldest in the archive. The youngest image was taken by Amy Winterbourn daughter of another Leominster photographer from that period Thomas Henry Winterbourn. The archive is on view at The Lion Ballroom 13-15 August and in Hereford during September.

36 Broad Street as it was when it was home to Jones Photographers in the 19th C.

Thomas Henry Winterbourn’s photography covered the period 1870-1922, when he lived in this property Waterloo House, 41 Broad Street, with his daughter Amy Winterbourn.
The plates came from two sets of large donations, one of around 3,000 glass plate negatives from Mr Winterbourn’s grandson Richard Winterbourn, and from the Knox family who acquired about 4,000 glass plate negatives when they bought their house.

You can see Hereford museums collection of images from the Whitbourn/Jones archive by following the link; http://news.herefordshire.gov.uk/museumonlinecatalogue/Search1.aspx?parishnavigator=Winterbourn%2C+Thomas+Henry