Three Windows

Marty CohenArchitecture, Daily Photo, Tanzania2 Comments

(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) More beautiful colors used on the school buildings in the villages of Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 40D, Sigma APO 150-500mm f/5-6.3 DG OS HSM Lens, 1/320 sec at f/6.3, ISO 400 on SanDisk Extreme IV Digital … Read More

Masai Village

Marty CohenArchitecture, Daily Photo, HDR, Kenya4 Comments

(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) The Masai tribe build their villages in circles with surrounding fences of timber poles and tree branches to protect their livestock at night from predators. Their homes are based on a simple frame structure and made from materials like timber poles, twigs, branches, soil, … Read More

Shuttered Window at Ngorongoro School

Marty CohenArchitecture, TanzaniaLeave a Comment

(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) The walls of the primary school we visited in Ngorongoro, Tanzania were painted with very vibrant, earth tone colors. I had a chance to photograph the children at the school and I’ll be posting some of those images over the coming weeks. This photo … Read More

Vigas in a Lee’s Ferry Building

Marty CohenArchitecture, Arizona, B+W, Daily Photo, Lee's Ferry2 Comments

(Click on the photo to enlarge. Click on the comment number bubble to leave a comment.) These vigas (rough-hewn roof timbers or rafters) are common in southwest architecture, especially stone and adobe buildings. Lee’s Ferry is located on the Colorado River about 7.5 miles southwest of Page, AZ and the Glen Canyon Dam, and 9 miles south of the Arizona-Utah … Read More