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...updated 9th of November 2008 from Uganda.

Uganda 2006 to 2009…on going

From Baganda to Karamodjong

“ My salary sustains ten orphans“, says 27 years old driver Achiles who works in Uganda - Czechoslovak hospital in Buikwe. “My mum is the one who takes care of them. The children were left by my brothers who died of AIDS“, continues Achiles while carefully avoiding one of many potholes on Buikwe-Lugazi marram road. “One of my sisters in law was shot by the police. Another one got remarried. She moved away and left all her children behind. Her new husband did not want them“, says Achiles shaking his head. “So, here we are, my mum and me struggling to bring up the children well“, he concludes with a proud voice.

Almost every Ugandan has a similar story to tell. Nevertheless, visually Uganda is not a depressive country. Full bodied colours can be seen everywhere; in the country side, inside the houses and on people’s cloth. Ugandans, although stemming from many different tribes, they share one thing in common – jovialness of life, they love to laugh, sing, dance and produce many children.

Matriarchal Project. 2005 to 2008…on going

(Disappearing Matriarchal Cultures of the World)
by Simon & Katerina

This is a project to highlight the last societies on the planet that have naturally placed women as equals or even leaders, without them having to fight for their rights.

Will these societies be able to survive the onslaught of modernization?

Khasi & Garo (India), Minangkobau (Sumatra), Zapotec (Mexico), Kuna (Panama), Mosuo and Pi (China).

People of Maize (2006)

(Life in the Guatemalan Countryside 10 years after the civil war)

Portraits of the Mayan villagers who lost their loved ones during the genocide in Guatemala. These people, whose ancestors believed the humans were created from maize, are still seeking for justice.

How did I see their lives 10 years after the civil war in Guatemala was officially finished?

The story of a Mayan village starts here.