Story behind the photo: "What's inside that black box?"
I had been photograhing Massai herdsmen in Kenya with a friend. We were well off the beaten path, far back in the bush. Actually, we were inside a Massai boma, enjoying a cup of boiled chai (tea) with a tribal elder. I noticed that these Massai women were watching us closely the whole time we were there. Maybe they had observed other camera-toting visitors in the past. When they approached us smiling, I knew they wanted something interesting.
Pointing to my friend's 35mm camera and communicating in their native Kimassai language, one woman asked, "What is that thing with the shiny glass? Why do wazungu (white people) keep looking inside that black box and pointing it at us? What is inside that box?"
My friend handed the first woman his camera so she could take a peek. The resulting image is priceless.
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