I recently visited some 'non tourist' areas as well as international hotels in Cameroon, Africa. There is quite a difference and you must dial in your survival skills in the small villages. One place I was at for over a week was Limbe, a coastal town of approx. 40,000 people about 60 km west of Duoala, the largest city in the country (over 3 MIL people and the airport hub). It's amazing how somewhat developed areas are blended in with basic third world communities and villages. Photography was challenging, but one day at Seme Beach just north of town provided the evening conditions over the black sand beaches I was hoping for. An unusual concept for an american, this is 'Sunset over the Atlantic'.
Nicw work Jeffrey...you captured some great light here. I'm intrigued as to what took you to the Cameroon....not a popular photographers destination?
cheers Andrew
What a cool sunset, and yeah, a sunset over the Atlantic sure seems strange. That trip must have really been interesting. I am sure there was a lot of culture shock to deal with.
I like the photo. Very sweet color.
I see a bit of the coast on the right. That adds to the sense of place. Why not include a little more? (or is there an ugly building right out of the frame?)
I've never met anyone who's been to Cameroon. What was it like? Can you show us in photos or word?
The West African coast is certainly not on everyone's list of '100 holiday resorts to see before you die' but it has appeal if you can forget politics, pirates and poverty as I'm sure Jeffrey will affirm and not just with this image. I travelled this coast 35 years ago and was intrigued by what colonisation had left as an aftermath; the ex-French colonies to which Cameroon belonged together with the Ivory Coast and Senegal were far cleaner and better organised than those states in which my forebears played top dog! Douala even then had still a certain Mediterranean flair. Cameroon is 'overlooked' by its volcano of the same name on whose flanks tea was grown. So, Jeffrey, if you have more to offer from this neck-of-the-woods or rainforests then prove to the community that the American West is not the be-all and end-all of iconic photography !!
