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A photographer in the streets of Nairobi [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

Street photography was first associated with Paris and renowned figures like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassai, and Andre Kertesz before being acknowledged as a distinct genre in the early 1930s.

Today, in Nairobi's CBD, an army of photographers with their kits has become a common sight, all training their cameras on those willing to have their photos taken at a fee.

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