senegal

like most photographers i know, when i am on assignment i shoot "off" the assignment all the time....when i see something that appeals to me, i try to make a  photograph...the master of this is elliott erwitt who managed to shoot so much of his body of work "off" of whatever he was supposed to be doing....some of elliott's best work was "off" of some of his advertising campaigns and editorial shoots....

here in senegal i was working on the roots of "rap" music...but, i had never been to senegal before and there was just too much around me to resist....besides, i just like to "play" with the camera everywhere all the time....sometimes the pictures fall into themes...sometimes they are just little vignettes that end up going "nowhere" except for the joy of making photographs....the day i lose that, is the day i go back working at mcdonalds...