Ben Wilhelmi

Arusha, street photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerials, South Sudan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aviation in South Sudan

 

Overtaking a Mi 8

 

Wrecked HS 748. One of the pilots was beaten by the crowd. The reason remains nebulous. The other pilot was about unconscious and spared more beating.

 

A bunch of Iliyushin 76’s.

 

C 130

 

A Mig 19.

 

And its neighbour, a Boeing 707

 

Some Mi 8’s

Widlife, Tanzania

 

Lost baby kudu…sadly a good meal for somebody prowling by.

 

 

Broad-billed roller (rolle violet en fr.)

 

An ox-pecker zig-zaguing between buffalo butts (pique-boeuf en fr.)

 

Another ox-pecker at work…

 

Our swimming pools in camps are multipurpose. Here a swallow enjoys a fresh drink. Why don’t they stop and drink from the edge of the basin 2 m away remains a mystery, they prefer to fly and drink.

 

Does it require balls to pick insects from a placid crocodile?

 

Pied kingfisher roaming around another croc (martin-pêcheur pie)

 

Banded mongoose mother at work (mangouste rayée)

 

Yellow-billed stork just caught a fish (tantale ibis)

Stonetown, street photography

 

Carrying heavy loads on the head is still a favorite mode of transport.

 

Zanzibar is absolutely not a Maasai territory but business is business.

 

 

The only famous Tanzanian is Freddie…and the country has strong anti homosexuality laws. Bad luck.

 

 

 

 

 

 

At one mosque, one of many on the island.

 

Random pictures, South Sudan

 

One of the pictures I stole while hitching a ride on a military convoy.

 

 

 

Detail of a gun held by a civilian. Quite a vintage model, 1911. Not sure if the US army still use them.

 

Some people might go for a long trip…

 

 

 

 

A mobile control tower. People tend to go back the bush or small town with heavy luggage. When a country is torn part by a civil war, any goodie is needed.

 

The infamous Kalashnikov AK 47

Paris, street photography

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Sudan, random pictures

 

I’d like to know the story of that bag! Marilyn in the South Sudanese bush?

 

This man was just dancing…happy to leave hell?

 

 

 

 

Spending the day in an encircled military camp….

No idea why this soldier was insisting on posing with a lady handbag.

 

Refugees trying to cheer up.

 

Paris, street photography on B/W films

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mafia island mangrove, aerials in 3 min

 

yes, only 3 minutes of overflying that stretch of mangrove near the airport.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

South Sudan, random pictures in the bush

 

This VIP lady was honored by dancers on arrival.

 

Resuming life after some mayhem…

 

 

 

The usual triple pack to feed weapons, usually an AK 47, but an Israeli one can do too.

 

 

Aircraft started to resume flying to a remote place, people were curious again.