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The Perfect Shot: Street photography in Nairobi

Lewis Lee (fotorickenya) a photographer in the streets of Nairobi photographs a client on Sunday afternoon. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

On one end of Nairobi's Central Business District, at Standard Street, two young women pose for a photoshoot. It is Sunday, and the beaming ladies bask in the flashing lights of the camera together. It is a whole set, with reflectors standing by to make sure the sunlight hits the subjects perfectly. There is also an assistant helping the photographer out.

Over on Kenyatta Avenue, groups of young people, photography equipment at hand, appear to be completely engulfed in the business of the day - street photography. There are also other groups shooting dance videos in other appealing crevasses of this place that Kenyans fondly, yet informally, call "town".

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