Tag: `Trinidad`
The Pride Parade II
—Published on 2nd July, 2019.
In spite of grey skies and damp weather, the second Pride Fair and Parade takes place in Trinidad and Tobago. Read More »
Yard Core
—Published on 31st January, 2019.
'Yard Core' aims to get a group of stiltwalkers Carnival-fit in time for the 2019 Trinbago Carnival. Read More »
De 2018 Walk
—Published on 30th December, 2018.
2018 was a year dense with exhilarations, adventures, challenges, places, peoples, thoughts, ideas, learning, and experiences for the Sticks in de Yard group—formerly called #1000mokos. The year saw (among other things) an intense participation in the 2018 Carnival with Moko Sõmõkow, visits to Wildflower Park and the 2018 New Fire Festival, oldmas presentations by Joshua […] Read More »
Fieldwork in Bush Bush
—Published on 30th November, 2018.
Sinead Stewart has chosen to write her final Masters of Science research paper on the 'Density of the Red Howler Monkey in the Bush Bush Wildlife Sanctuary, Trinidad, WI'. Read More »
Drifting VIII
—Published on 25th September, 2018.
Photographs of downtown Port of Spain made on the 17th June, 2017. Read More »
A Prince’s Estate
—Published on 30th August, 2018.
A visit to an early twentieth century Moruga cocoa and coffee estate. Read More »
Pride
—Published on 29th July, 2018.
With a music truck at the head, then vibrant revellers (some of whom in prettymas elements), then a shuttle, and an ambulance at the caravan’s tail, the parade cannot help but take on a feeling of a being miniature TT Carnival band. Many varied races, ages, sexes, genders, and sexual-orientations dance and sing together as triumphant Caribbean music plays and the parade slowly winds around Nelson Mandela, turning onto Tragarete Road. Read More »
Sports in de Yard
—Published on 30th June, 2018.
In the midst of the 2018 World Cup, a #1000mokos 'Sticks in de Yard' session takes place on 24th June 2018, at Alice Yard, Woodbrook. Read More »
Crick Crack
—Published on 30th May, 2018.
Granderson Lab, Belmont: Tracey Sankar of Crick Crack Traditional Mas works on her pair of presentations for the 2018 Carnival Monday. Read More »
One Love is de Anthem
—Published on 10th April, 2018.
Actions have lead to broader, islandwide discussions, questioning the role of government, the source of moral principles, and to what degree ought a country’s government be involved in the private and personal activities of individuals. Read More »
Power Stacks
—Published on 4th March, 2018.
In 1946 T&TEC served 6,000+ customers and operated one power station—the Port of Spain Power Station located on Wrightson Road. Read More »
Moko Somõkõw
—Published on 15th February, 2018.
Moko Somõkõw retells the mythic story of Sunjata, the first mansa of Mali, and his return from exile to found a great empire. Read More »
Dawn
—Published on 4th January, 2018.
"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear."—Lao Tzu Read More »
Step Back
—Published on 28th December, 2017.
2017 to 2016. Read More »
Yeah, Drive’
—Published on 21st December, 2017.
Cubicles. Read More »
Drifting VII
—Published on 26th October, 2017.
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Drifting VI
—Published on 19th October, 2017.
Charlotte Street and Independence Square. Read More »
Primaries
—Published on 6th October, 2017.
Work being done on the Red House, Port of Spain. 5th October, 2017. Read More »
Birdcage
—Published on 15th September, 2017.
A man shelters himself and his parakeets from a midday drizzle on Park Street, Port of Spain. 30th August, 2017. Read More »
Boys’ Lime
—Published on 8th September, 2017.
Three men sit and chat near the top of Charlotte Street, Port of Spain, Trinidad. 3rd September, 2017. Read More »
Drifting V
—Published on 1st September, 2017.
Charlotte, Duke, and Queen Streets, Port of Spain, on the 30th August, 2017. Read More »
GAIO Book Traders
—Published on 4th August, 2017.
GAIO Book Traders buys and sells new and used schoolbooks at the Peoples' Mall, Port of Spain. Read More »
Hope
—Published on 28th July, 2017.
Portrait of Mopsy. 21st July, 2017. Read More »
Rain Melody
—Published on 21st July, 2017.
Tropical rain falls onto Port of Spain, Trinidad. Read More »
¡El Pueblo Decide!
—Published on 16th July, 2017.
Venezuelan persons symbolically protest Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Read More »
Charlotte Street Vibration
—Published on 14th July, 2017.
Port of Spain soundscape on 24th June, 2017. Read More »
Vibrations
—Published on 7th July, 2017.
Port of Spain soundscape on 24th June, 2017. Read More »
Shellfish
—Published on 23rd June, 2017.
Shellfish Vendor on Southern Main Road, Couva. 3rd April, 2017. Read More »
Waiting
—Published on 9th June, 2017.
The Croisee, San Juan. October 9th, 2013. Read More »
Exchange
—Published on 2nd June, 2017.
TSTT Nelson Exchange building, Sackville Street, Port of Spain. 12th May, 2017. Read More »
Mars
—Published on 12th May, 2017.
Portrait of 'Mars', leaning on the wall of a grocery on Western Main Road, Saint James. Read More »
Slight Spill
—Published on 12th May, 2017.
Port of Spain. 18th March, 2017. Read More »
Align
—Published on 28th April, 2017.
Charlotte Street, Port of Spain. 18th March, 2017. Read More »
Traces III
—Published on 21st April, 2017.
Signs and advertising along Southern Main Road, Couva. Read More »
Second Fire at Ministry of Social Development
—Published on 10th April, 2017.
Fire services combat a fire at the building which previously housed the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services, Independence Square, Port of Spain. Read More »
#1000mokos
—Published on 6th April, 2017.
#1000mokos is a project aimed at building a community of one thousand moko jumbies (stiltwalkers) across Trinidad and Tobago. Read More »
Faces
—Published on 1st March, 2017.
Expressions and emotions of Trinidad and Tobago's 2017 Carnival. Read More »
Cobalt
—Published on 25th February, 2017.
Blue devils on the early morning, immediately after the Canboulay riots re-enactment on Piccadilly Street. 24th February, 2017. Read More »
Winners Always Play
—Published on 3rd February, 2017.
Lotto booth in City Gate, Port of Spain. October, 2016. Read More »
Drifting IV
—Published on 27th January, 2017.
A morning in downtown Port of Spain. Read More »
Want for Nothing
—Published on 20th January, 2017.
Filled with food, A polystyrene box sits discarded in the canal of Duke Street, Port of Spain. Read More »
Take a Stand, Not a Seat
—Published on 14th January, 2017.
An anti-crime demonstration at Woodford Square on Friday 13th January, 2017. Read More »
Traces II
—Published on 13th January, 2017.
Signs and graffiti around Port of Spain and Belmont. Read More »
Twilight
—Published on 16th December, 2016.
Woodbrook in twilight. Read More »
Ric’
—Published on 14th December, 2016.
Ricardo Low at home. Read More »
Traces
—Published on 2nd December, 2016.
Signs around Port of Spain. Read More »
Phillip’s Warning
—Published on 25th November, 2016.
“Yuh know one called ‘Charlotte Street’? Don’t go pas’ Charlotte Street. If yuh ever hear ’bout ‘Cassava Place’, don’t go there. Ah know wha’ Ah tellin’ yuh.” Read More »
Way
—Published on 18th November, 2016.
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On the Inside
—Published on 11th November, 2016.
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Tell Tempo
—Published on 4th November, 2016.
Tempo, also known as 'Gabriel', makes copper jewelley on the pavement of Independence Square North. 21st October, 2016. Read More »
Food Web
—Published on 28th October, 2016.
Insects on Victoria Square consume available food. Read More »
Shape
—Published on 22nd October, 2016.
City Gate, Port of Spain. 21st October, 2016. Read More »
Barred
—Published on 21st October, 2016.
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Republic Day
—Published on 14th October, 2016.
Streets of downtown Port of Spain flood on 24th September, 2016. Read More »
Roam
—Published on 7th October, 2016.
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Treasury
—Published on 2nd September, 2016.
Saint Vincent Street, Port of Spain. 22nd August, 2016. Read More »
Cool Nights 4
—Published on 26th August, 2016.
Cool Nights, a monthly night of music organised by Singer / Songwriter, Gillian Moor. Its fourth edition featured Nzingha Job, and was held at the Kaiso Blues Café, Woodford Street, Port of Spain on 12th August, 2016, Read More »
Falling Like a Memory
—Published on 12th August, 2016.
Heavy rain in Port of Spain. 6th August, 2016. Read More »
Wingspan
—Published on 22nd July, 2016.
A pelican flies above Macqueripe Bay, Trinidad. 19th December, 2015. Read More »
Joshua Lue Chee Kong at Work
—Published on 3rd June, 2016.
Artist, Joshua Lue Chee Kong, at work at the studio of Ajoupa Pottery. May 18th, 2016. Read More »
Progression
—Published on 20th May, 2016.
A smiling lady points at something on a cellphone held by an older man displaying a possible expression of concentration. Read More »
Carnival 2016
—Published on 13th May, 2016.
Carnival in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Read More »
On the Waterfront
—Published on 29th April, 2016.
View overlooking the ferry port and the Breakfast Shed of Port of Spain, with the twin towers of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago in the background. January 2011. Read More »
Rain Fallin’
—Published on 22nd April, 2016.
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Sign and Symbol
—Published on 15th April, 2016.
Advertisements, billboards, signs, murals, graffiti, and flyers across Port of Spain, Trinidad. Read More »
Ricardo Meade—Interview Portrait
—Published on 8th April, 2016.
Portrait of Ricardo Meade - “We have to buckle down and do the right thing [or] else we’ll lose this country. And then we’re going to [do what]? Go somewhere else? No, we have paradise! [So] let’s protect it together.” Read More »
Equestrian Special Olympics National Games
—Published on 1st April, 2016.
The 2016 Equestrian Special Olympics, held on March 12th, 2016 at the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Mounted and Canine Branch. Read More »
Water We Need
—Published on 25th March, 2016.
Water fountain at the heart of POS, as seen on March 21st and 24th, amidst WASA campaigns. Read More »
Errol Grant—Interview Portrait
—Published on 18th March, 2016.
Portrait of Errol Grant, horse-riding coach and teacher. Read More »
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—Published on 11th March, 2016.
At night. Read More »
Raymond Durham’s 1st Annual Pavement Lime
—Published on 19th February, 2016.
A 'pavement lime' arranged by shoe-repairman, Raymond Durham. Raymond saw this as his way of 'giving back' to his customers and friends who daily walk by his tarpaulined workspace, located on the Park Street sidewalk. Read More »
Overheard at Protest on City Hall
—Published on 12th February, 2016.
Overheard commentary by two, unknown observers of a protest of Mayor Raymond Tim Kee. Read More »
The Chaguanas Market
—Published on 29th January, 2016.
Located in Central Trinidad, Chaguanas Market has become an attractive hub for agricultural trading. Local fruits, provisions, and vegetables of all varieties can be found here, and at great quality with attractive prices. Even though there are several vegetable markets dispersed all across the island, and most groceries sell fruits and vegetables too, many persons […] Read More »
The Trinidad Theatre Workshop
—Published on 22nd January, 2016.
Trinidad Theatre Workshop - School for the Arts Read More »
Everybody Sleeps
—Published on 8th January, 2016.
Public slumber. Read More »
Pipe
—Published on 1st January, 2016.
Four pipes. Read More »
Street Retail II
—Published on 25th December, 2015.
The recurrence of street vending, even as many past mayors have attempted to end the practice, seems to imply that there is a strong consumer need for the activity. Read More »
Street Retail
—Published on 11th December, 2015.
Street vendors dispensing their trades across various parts of Port of Spain. Read More »
Delivered!
—Published on 20th November, 2015.
Written by Kerlana Stewart, ‘Delivered!’ is a play that examines the unquestioning trust that persons place into authority figures. On November 19th, 2015, Director, Timmia Hearn and her cast began workshopping the play from its first reading at Trinidad Theatre Workshop, Belmont, with the aim of eventually performing a full production. A staged reading is […] Read More »
El Socorro Centre for Wildlife Conservation
—Published on 13th November, 2015.
Volunteering at the El Socorro Centre for Wildlife Conservation Read More »
Discarded
—Published on 6th November, 2015.
Found on the ground. Read More »
Hosay
—Published on 30th October, 2015.
Colourful and full of booming, but relatively sombre, rhythm, Hosay commemorates the memory of Husayn ibn Ali. Read More »
Two Squares
—Published on 23rd October, 2015.
Independence and Woodford. Read More »
Scott-Bushe Street House
—Published on 16th October, 2015.
A house on Scott-Bushe Street, Port of Spain, sits in mottled Light. Read More »
Daily Bread
—Published on 9th October, 2015.
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Four Short Stories
—Published on 2nd October, 2015.
Four portraits, and four short stories, on a walk through town. September 26th, 2015. Read More »
Haunting
—Published on 25th September, 2015.
Observations of the Light inside a Scott-Bushe Street apartment. Read More »
Jude
—Published on 28th August, 2015.
Street portrait of Jude Hercules. Read More »
Sustenance
—Published on 14th August, 2015.
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Over the Seas
—Published on 26th June, 2015.
Men transport portable toilets via a pirogue. Chaguaramas - March 1st, 2015. Read More »
Che Lovelace in Studio
—Published on 19th June, 2015.
Artist, Che Lovelace, at work in his Macqueripe studio. May 5th, 2015. Read More »
Drifting III
—Published on 12th June, 2015.
Drifting. June 7th, 2015. Read More »
Drifting II
—Published on 29th May, 2015.
Drifting through Port of Spain on May 23rd, 2015. Read More »
San Fernando
—Published on 15th May, 2015.
These photographs were made while on self-assignment with journalist, Martine Powers, in South Trinidad on February 4th, 2015, and in-between the creation of ten street portraits. The bright sunshine, which made walking through the streets muggy and uncomfortable for much of the day, also cast hard shadows which brought out the architecture and lines of […] Read More »
Liming in the Ashes
—Published on 8th May, 2015.
It stunned Saint James when, seemingly with no warning, fire broke out inside Smokey and Bunty bar at around five o’clock in the evening, April 29th, 2015. Extensive videos and photographs were shared on social media websites, as the flames worked their way from the kitchen of Lanyap; a tenant of Smokey and Bunty which […] Read More »
Peppy and Pirate
—Published on 17th April, 2015.
– “Happy birthday.” – “Thanks for coming.” So began the conversation between two mature men at Kool Breeze bar on Saut D’eau Road, Paramin, on March 19th, 2015. Interestingly, it was neither of their birthdays. ‘Peppy’ Romany, the more lively and vocal of the two, went on to explain that they, and their other […] Read More »
LB2
—Published on 27th March, 2015.
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Drifting
—Published on 20th March, 2015.
Drifting through Port of Spain. Read More »
City Gate
—Published on 6th March, 2015.
City Gate is the main transport terminal for Port of Spain. It replaces the former Trinidad Government Railway, which was closed in 1968. Buses and maxi taxis now work some of the routes once serviced by trains, in addition to many others added over time. Read More »
Richmond Street, Port of Spain
—Published on 27th February, 2015.
The most westerly street that spans the full length of downtown Port of Spain, Richmond Street is also dotted with car dealerships that sport architecture fairly unique to town. Read More »
Carnival 2015
—Published on 20th February, 2015.
Not just the muddy mischief of J’ouvert, or the colourful euphoria of ‘pretty-mas’. Not just the music of all types; rapso, live steelpan, tassa, tamboo bamboo, kaiso, calypso and soca. Not just the bodies everywhere. Not just the food, treats and alcohol on every available bit of street. Not just the people of all walks, […] Read More »
Ten Portraits
—Published on 6th February, 2015.
Ten street portraits from San Fernando. Read More »
Birds of Port of Spain
—Published on 23rd January, 2015.
Some of the tropical birds found living in the urban setting of Port of Spain. Read More »
Laundry Day
—Published on 9th January, 2015.
A Port of Spain street dweller sits huddled, across from clothing hung along a wooden rod. Read More »
Victoria Square West and Shine Street
—Published on 1st January, 2015.
Old buildings, renovated and modified to suit the practicalities of twenty-first century living, line the streets of Victoria Square West and Shine Street. Read More »
Park and Saint Vincent Streets
—Published on 26th December, 2014.
Enormous, polished buildings, seated beside ramshackle ones gives Park Street and Saint Vincent Street, Port of Spain, a curious character. Read More »
Archive Photographs from South Trinidad
—Published on 19th December, 2014.
Archive photographs from Otaheite Bay, South Trinidad. Read More »
Duke Street, Port of Spain
—Published on 12th December, 2014.
Scenes from Duke Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Read More »
Together We Achieve
—Published on 5th December, 2014.
A photograph from the Trinidad and Tobago National Sprint and Olympic Triathlon Championships 2014, submitted as an example of ‘compassion’ to a social media campaign by psychologist, Paul Ekman. Read More »
200 Drawings
—Published on 5th December, 2014.
Artists, Luis Vasquez La Roche, Alicia Milne and Nikolai Noel participate in a drawing performance, in which each attempts to image the others two hundred times. August 30th, 2014. Read More »