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Snapshots: Portraits By Fify Loewen

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—Gaborone based photographer Fify Loewen "love[s] anything to do with photography." She adds: "I’m all about family and cherishing important moments in life. Time moves very fast, therefore I help freeze some of the moments. I’m also all about providing good service to my clients. They deserve it. Lastly I’m all about celebrating every individual’s uniqueness, that’s why I make sure that every session is different." Take a look at some of her gorgeous photos below.

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—It's hard to believe that Johannesburg artist Mary Sibande has barely hit 30 years old, for her paintings and sculptures exploring the construction of identity in a postcolonial South African context and critiquing stereotypical depictions of women (particularly black women in our society) reflects an old soul.

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—Captured by photographer Albert Watson in what has to be one of the most iconic photographs of singer Sade Adu from the album Love Deluxe (released in 1992), it's hard to believe that this photograph is almost twenty years old. I love this photograph, and not just because its so memorable, but because celebrity aside, the image is simply beautiful.

(Photo Credits: © Albert Watson)

Snapshots: Sweet Salone "Portraits Of Contemporary Sierra Leone" By Sophia Spring

Written By: MIM!—Photographer Sophia Spring's ‘‘Sweet Salone’’ project is a series of portraits of Sierra Leoneans today. She says about the project: ‘‘It is a project that aims to give a small insight into the lives of some of the individuals that make up this vibrant country. For too long Sierra Leoneans have been depicted in a less than positive light. It is time that this outdated portrayal is finally discarded.’’ Her photograph above tells the story of Abubakar Kamara (19):

Abubakar was only 8 years old when he watched his father and grandmother being murdered by rebel troops. On that day his left leg was also amputated, in what can only be described as an act of senseless cruelty. Today, at the age of 20, he is surprisingly nonchalant about the horrors that he faced at such an early age. Perhaps this is because his story is not unique in a country that saw thousands of men, women and children brutally dismembered during the violence of their decade long civil war. Abubakar actively shuns sympathy, and feels that his disability should not hinder his future chances of success. As a member of Sierra Leone’s amputee football team he’s already accomplished a great deal, and is something of a local hero in this football mad country.

To see the full set of photos and stories from ‘‘Sweet Salone’’ visit, Sweet Salone: Portraits From Contemporary Sierra Leone and to see more of Sohpia's work, visit: www.SophiaSpring.com.

(Photo Credits: © Sophia Spring)

Snapshots: "Favorites" By Obi Somto

Written By: MIM!—Take a look at some of photographer Obi Somto's favorite snapshots below.

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—Since photographer Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko displayed her photographs at 2003's MTN New Contemporary Artists exhibition, she has grabbed the local South African and international public's attention with a tight urban grip. Lola shares, "I'm totally urban, and I love what happens in urban environments, therefore my work is not far-fetched. It's something simple, something that people know, but that they don't actually think is that important until they've seen it in a photograph. Somehow photography seems to make it more important, and have people think about it. My work is really just fun, and interspersed with many layers - it could be complicated, but I try not to let it go there!"

Lolo says about her Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder series of photographs, "I named my project Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder because other people, when they saw those people dressed up like that, would ask: 'How can you dress up in yellow pants and a lime green jersey with stripes?' And I thought the way I see beauty and the way I perceive beauty might be different to someone else next to me ... So the project is called Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder, because for me they are beautiful. I was excited [by them] I didn't care what anyone else was saying ... It was all about drawing attention around issues of beauty. And it was also about street fashion ... But I don't think that they're just performing themselves; I've lived it. I used to be one of those people..."

(Photo Credits: © Nontsikelelo Veleko)

Snapshots: Go Ghana Go!

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—As the last African team standing in this year's World Cup, we're all rooting for Ghana. Go Ghana Go!

(Photo Credits: iStockPhoto / MissHibiscus)

Snapshots: School Days

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—Remember school days? Memories :)

(Photo Credits: © iStockPhoto / Hans Martens Fotografie)

Snapshots: Hope Africa

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—I love the idea that these photos represent: Africa's hope lies in its children.

MIMI Related Articles: Zambia's Voiceless Generation; Children Of War

(Photo Credits: © iStockPhoto / M&H Shepard)

Snapshots: Body Art

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—Would you ever get a tattoo of the continent on your body?

Snapshots: Vintage Summer

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—These photographs of poolside summer fashion remind me of retro African glamor.

Snapshots: African Beauty

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—There's so much beauty in this photograph—the perspective, the saturation, the emotion. Makes for a perfect snapshot!

Snapshots: Vintage Mali

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—Malick Sidibé is a Malian photographer noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako. In 1995, his work was shown outside of Africa for the first time. Since then, his work has been exhibited throughout the world to international acclaim. I absolutely love his work, and treasure his book, Malik Sidibé Photographs, which is essential for anyone who appreciates vintage African imagery of everyday life.

(Photo Credits: Malick Sidibé)

Snapshots: Liberian Girl

Written By: Jamelia Mmari—One of the first articles I remember reading, and re-reading in MIMI, was Snapshots: Angola Carnival 2oo6 by photographer José Silva Pinto. I have always longed to see more representations of day-to-day life on the continent in the magazine, and with the revival of the Snapshots column on the blog, I am hoping to do just that. This photograph of a Liberian girl captures doe-eyed youth so perfectly, I was compelled to chose it for my first Snapshots blog entry.

If you are have photographs of African day-to-day life, and would like to publish them in MIMI, you can write to mimimagazineonline[at]gmail.com.