Diane Putnam's photos with the keyword: kenya

With the Daniel Kirima and family in their new clo…

31 Jan 2016 6 11 600
I think his wife's name was Grace. It was not thought appropriate for the women to spend much time talking to me, unless they were businesswomen. Wives were mostly like servants, rather than hostesses, and maybe it is still the case. On their farm. Kenya, northeast of Nairobi. April, 1988. Scanned print. AA238 Fun times.

Little farm girls

31 Jan 2016 10 8 627
Children of the Daniel Kirima family. Kenya, farmland northeast of Nairobi. The building behind them is the barn for their milk cows. To the right of it (out of the shot) was a tiny hut for cooking, just a few yards from the house. AA238 Fun times.

Kenyan rattle

Masai beaded gourd