PHOTO ESSAY: Cote d'Ivoire: Re-blowing Up Paul Sika > from A BOMBASTIC ELEMENT

Cote d'Ivoire: Re-blowing Up Paul Sika:

One of the African blogosphere' favorite photographers, Paul Sika,...


..recently blew up, again - this time on CNN's Inside Africa. He explains his cinematic approach to photography, which we feel is like looking at Africa through Wong Kai-wai's viewfinder then amping the colors to the neon degree. The result? Color Saturated Africa. The title of one of Soyinka's plays - "beautification of an area boy" - also comes to mind. Coffee Table book ahead: