A lifestyle photography assignment for Penny Winter Kenya by Kenyan Photographer Joseph Baraza

Client: Suhaa Schmitz

Model: Lily Thamaini

Make up artist: Sinitta Akelo

A great brand from the land of a thousand hills, Rwanda.

This was a campaign shoot for the online launch of the brands’ new line of bold jewellery featuring brilliant Swarovski elements, Miyuki pearls, Tila beads and brass.

Mama Africa, she is beautiful and vast. A landscape dotted with beautiful scenery and majestic creatures. A continent blessed in abundance from coastline to coastline. A place where the sun shines and the people smile, most of the time.

This is the story of a select few hard-working fishermen along Mombasa Island. With a longstanding comradery forged through the good and the difficult times. The wrinkles on their faces and hardened hands are scribed in detail, as though each fine line is entrenched with a tale of its own to share.

Generations removed from their ancestors, they struggle to make a living out of the sea.

To these men, fishing is a tradition passed down by those before them, not only for sustenance and prosperity but as a way of life. Their fear is that they might be the last in their line …. Their greatest threat, loss of their access to a historical informal port (Madhubaa).

They are fighting for access to use a beach that has been used by their predecessors longer than Kenya has been a Republic. This narrative involves a case involving land purchase, acts of carving off the beach by a private developer(s), construction of a stalled mosque that’s enshrined in controversy, harassment by goons, forceful evictions, strong arm tactics et cetera. A vicious cycle encapsulating the have and have-nots. At its tail end it involves time, money, greed, development and relevance of historical sites and practices. The disenfranchised have a face and these are theirs. A smile or a frown, both are equally as powerful…. This is the Tales of the wind (Madhubaa) picture series.

Client: Enanai

Models: Anita Barbara, Lenny.

Commission to photograph images for Enanai’s website content and online launch campaign.

A collaboration between Ms. Anita Barbara and Joseph Baraza

A picture series of emotive images that speak the state of solitude in a colourful yet broken world.

A commission by Beiersdorf East Africa For their Nivea brand Online Content.

Client: Beiersdorf East Africa Limited

Creative Agency: Brand2D

During a chance meeting at a Christmas fair in Nairobi, I came across the Imani Collective Stand and had an amazing chance to learn about this business and its impact from The Director Of Holistic Program Ms. Femida Otieno. With the help of Ms. Tabitha Oiro and all the lovely ladies and Men At Imani Collective, i had a great time shooting this project.

Imani Collective now employs over eighty Kenyan women + men in Mtepeni Village and Mombasa, along with half a dozen women stateside. Together, it unleashes a woman’s greatness through empowerment + opportunity + community.

Client: Doa

A commissioned photography project documenting Kenyan artisans who work for the Doa brand in Kibera, Nairobi Kenya.

Doa’s mission is to produce eco-friendly clothing and jewellery using ethical practices in a way that is beneficial to the environment, empowering to the community, preserving of traditional skills, and offering long-term sustainable incomes for people in urban and rural low-employment communities.

Client: Suhaa Schmitz

Model: Lily Thamaini, Gabu Fords

Make up artist: Sinitta Akelo

This commissioned campaign shoot for Suhaa Schmitz photographed by Joseph Baraza.

Portrait session of the lovely Judy Kinuthia.

A really nice Sunday drive to Magadi, Kenya. I managed to shoot Ms. Anjili Laura alongside the talented creative stylist Bryan Emry.

Wardrobe: Sandy Lamu

A picture series shot at the Sagana Tannery in Sagana, Kenya. Documenting the leather making process.

Images taken from different parts of the country and the globe.