40" x 60"

In the summer of 1982, I worked as a volunteer on the island of Bubaque, in the Bijagos Archipelago off the coast of Guinea-Bissau.  Guinea-Bissau is a former Portuguese colony nestled just south of Senegal, on the westernmost part of the bulge of Africa.  One day, a boat was leaving to go to a neighboring island-not a common occurrence.  This man was on the boat and immediately caught my eye.  Even then, when Bubaque had only had electricity for two years, it was unusual to see men dressed in a traditional manner.  To me, he represents a vanishing way of life, and I wanted to capture that as well as his physical beauty.  40x60 inches.  Available for purchase.