Quiet Griot is out of the office.

I’m back in West Africa for the Pulaku Project, a photo-documetary about the changing lifestyle of nomadic Fulani herders.

For the next three months, I’ll be traversing West Africa by motorcycle with Guida Belco, my close friend and proud Fulani student.

I’ve been plastering this image of the smiling Fulani elder all over the Pulaku website, and I just discovered that it made the shortlist for the 2011 World Photography Organisation  Contest.

This picture made the shortlist from a pool of 51,878 entries.  Pretty neat.

Check it out:

http://www.worldphoto.org/images/image-gallery/4996/?FromImageGalleryCategoryID=33

Although Quiet Griot will be silent while I’m on the Pulaku trail, please follow along as we’ll be posting weekly updates and stories on the project website:

www.pulaku.com

Please don’t hesitate to leave comments and keep in touch, as we’d love to know folks are paying attention. We couldn’t be more excited to hit the trail.

love,

Christoph