Colin Beere
colinbeere@gmail.com
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Why this blog?
This blog is part of an ongoing photographic book project on the current state and future potential of the Mozambican economy. The book will combine a wide variety of sources for research, opinions, and experiences about commerce and economic development in Mozambique.
For information on what form the book will take click below.
Why Mozambique?
This blog and connected book project are the result of my interest in Mozambique, its potential, and the complexity of the challenges it, like many other African countries, faces.
Whose blog is this?
So why am I so interested in Mozambique? In my career I have photographed a heck of a lot of what people do to survive and prosper. Be it plumbers in England, Vietnamese factory workers, engineers in Japan, fashion designers in China or farmers in Mozambique, all the people I’ve photographed are the tiny but vital moving parts inside each nation's economic engine. The story of an economy is the story of the people who are that economy. I first came to Mozambique for a week in 2007 intending to photograph a magazine feature on an innovative but rather controversial company in rural Sofala province. However, I soon realized that it would be futile and irresponsible to try to cover this complex enterprise in the limited format of a typical magazine article and photo spread. So I returned in 2008 for four weeks to expand my understanding and perspective in order to find a constructive format to look at some of the issues I had witnessed. This year I'm in Mozambique for 10 weeks, and I'm sure I will return several more times to complete this project.
All photographs on this site are the copyrighted work of Colin Beere
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