Behind the Great Mosque in Djenne, 2006

John Kenny  

This young Fulani boy with his huge turban wrap was wandering through the backstreets of the great mosque in Djenne, an amazing structure which is the largest mud building on earth. He was returning from the huge Monday market, a site of trading chaos situated right in front of the beautiful mosque, with two friends who were wearing equally large turbans.

As a member of the Fulani, he was a town dwelling equivalent of the Fula tribe and at some point his family had changed their nomadic lifestyle to a settled existence near to town.

John Kenny’s work is all shot on location in some of the remotest corners of Africa. His images are all taken with natural light and his subjects in their day to day attire.

C-type photograph with a UV-protective acrylic face mount and metal subframe. The piece is hung from the subframe and sits away from the wall. The standard acrylic has a gloss finish, a matt version is available on request. Other sizes are also available if you would like more information please enquire.