SUNDAY BEST
THIS PROJECT WAS INCEPTED WHEN MIA FATEFULLY WALKED INTO KIBERA'S OLDEST PHOTO STUDIO 4 DAYS BEFORE IT CLOSED FOREVER. WEEKEND STUDIO OPENED IN 1980 IN KENYA'S LARGEST SLUM, KIBERA. THE PHOTOGRAPHER, DAVID (PICTURED OVER THE PAGE) WHO LEASED THE STUDIO FOR 37 YEARS, TOLD HER DUE TO PHONE CAMERAS FEW PEOPLE WANTED STUDIO PORTRAITS. HE STRESSED HIS NEED TO RETIRE AND RETURN HOME TO FAMILY. MIA BECAME TROUBLED BY THE STUDIOS IMMINENT CLOSURE, SO DECIDED TO TAKE OVER THE HIRE OF THE STUDIO. THIS WOULD KEEP IT OPEN AND WAS THE PERFECT VENUE TO SHOOT HER SUNDAY BESTS!
...and celebrating achievement...