Ben Wilhelmi

USAid, food station in South Sudan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That was the plane I flew last year but USAid trucks had delivered the bags and oil cans.

Paris, B/W films

 

Victor Lenoir’s tomb. A French doctor who was a pioneer in women’s fertility. Notice the erection on the statue! Would see that in America I guess. The legend says his erection will help fertility so women come and rub it, some even sit on it.

 

 

 

La Madeleine.

 

 

 

South Sudan, people

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Below, pictures from a Christmas party in a derelict military camp surrounded by rebels. I had just brought the booze and some high ranking officers for the day. The soldiers and their families or refugees didn’t wait for the evening. The situation looked surreal. The morning phone told me to avoid the southern area because the rebels were still active, 5km away…

 

No idea why that guy was so pleased with a women’s handbag…

 

 

Street photography, Nairobi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People in the bush, Tanzania

 

 

 

 

Those straps on the long run can leave a dent on the skull! Pretty impressive to watch.

 

 

 

Portraits in the bush, Tanzania

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brussels, street shots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Sudan, people

 

Are they really soldiers or just guys with weapons. Discipline and proper training seem a strange concept here… I have seen many times these soldiers refusing to obey their commanders, which implied some fighting to get them straight. In one case I was involved in the fighting. 50 soldiers, yes 50, had boarded my 13 seater and wouldn’t budge! So when the commander and some abiding soldiers invited me to help to remove the mutineers, I enjoyed the game, happily enjoyed a few kicks to relieve some piled up frustration..

 

Authentic  piercing.

 

Juba, the capital is dirty and not everybody has access to water. Those faucets are available here and there.

 

 

 

After a public appearance for women’s rights somewhere in the bush. Not sure the men were convinced…

 

 

Fashion in any situation. What a hat!

Wildlife in Tanzania

 

that pussyfoot baboon crossed the whole length on its hind legs! I had never seen that before, lake Manyara park.

 

In the Ngorongoro crater.

 

In the Katavi park, crocs and hippos live together without any fuss. Crocs and fish on the other hand…

 

In Katavi, the crocs dig holes in the river banks, which is quite unheard of elsewhere apparently.

 

A female chimp ready for action, Mahale park.

 

Cattle egrets standing on hippos.

 

a black-and-white colobus, Arusha park.

B/W street photography on films, Paris

 

 

La Madeleine.

 

 

 

Along rue de Rivoli.

 

Les Tuileries.

Street photography, Zanzibar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kenya, random pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

People, South Sudan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(All pictures taken without anybody noticing, it’s kind of the norm out there, people are very touchy about pictures)

Paris on B/W films

 

 

Jim Morrison’s grave still attract many pilgrims, Père La Chaise cemetery.

 

 

 

 

 

Asian tourists still come for the romance.