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Trading Places – The Merchants of Nairobi

In Trading Places – The Merchants of Nairobi, Steve Bloom and his camera venture away from the dynamic metropolis into the neighbourhoods where malls and supermarkets have not yet penetrated. A colourful collection of 138 photographs depicts local traders and their hoardings which, with their hand painted signs, are a quirky and authentic form of popular street graphics.Stores are decorated with pictures of produce sold, from light bulbs to cuts of meat, and brightened with life affirming messages: the eclipse Hair salon proclaims ‘˜Beauty is your birthright’™; the Bora-Bora bar urges people to ‘˜Never give up’™. Trading Places – The Merchants of Nairobi is a tribute to the creativity and generosity of the human spirit. ‘˜Ghetto life is not easy’™ says the faรงade of the Abdalla Store, and whilst Bloom cannot help but agree, his frank interviews and photographs show Kenyans displaying a goodness and charity firmly rooted in their priorities of faith, family, love and community.

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