ricci shryock

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  • Jazz Musician Plays on Despite Handicap

    
    

    Dreadlocked Muslims Use Music to Praise Islam [VJ Movement 2010]

    
    

    Artists at World Festival of Black Arts Share Pan-African Vision [Voice of America 2010]

    
    

    
    
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    • Artists at World Festival of Black Arts Share Pan-African Vision (Voice of America)
    • Koranic Teachers Arrested for Forcing Children to Beg in Senegal (Voice of America)
    • Guinea Seeks New Election Chief Days Before Scheduled Poll (Voice of America)
    • Senegalese Soldiers Speak of Fighting for France (Voice of America)
    • Rape Counseling Centers in DRC Address Unwanted Pregnancies (Voice of America)

    
    

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  • Presidential Elections in Guinea Bissau

    
    

    
    

    
    
• about

  about

  • I could never choose just one subject to study, so I decided the best route to learning about everything was to become a journalist. I was right.

    
    

    When I was 22, I took my first job in Sarasota, Florida because of a book I read. Three years later, I decided to move to West Africa and start freelancing based on some music I heard.

    To me, being a photographer and journalist is about getting to know people and understanding the complexities, details and beauty of their situation. Everyone has a story to tell, and I never forget that it is a privilege to be allowed into the lives of strangers.

    I speak French and English. I speak some Wolof and am working on Japanese.

    My clients are publications and international NGOs and organizations. I have worked for The New York Times, the Associated Press, the United Nations and more.

    While in West Africa I not only fell in love with the region, but also the man who is now my husband. We have a rock star daughter named Amelia. Together, they make me laugh at least three times a day.

    I am based in Washington, D.C. and Dakar, Senegal and available for assignment.

    
    

    To contact me, please email

    riccimedia@gmail.com or call

    US | +1.312.841.1325

    SENEGAL | +221.77.705.1965

• Posts

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  • Editing

    Apr 29, 12

    Trying to catch up on a six-month backlog of photo editing. Would like to update my sites with images from Ethiopia and Senegal trips. For now, here’s one of my favorites from Addis Ababa.

  • Anacostia River

    Mar 20, 12

    Amelia and the Anacostia

  • Senegal Music | Gorgui (“Elder”)

    Mar 15, 12

    Senegal political video of the day – Compare’s Wade’s third term to taking a third wife. I especially appreciate the mockery of the Presidential Guards (shown in those red Brit uniforms).

  • Roller Addicts

    Mar 05, 12

    Took a break from covering politically active rappers to photograph some “rollerblade addicts’ in Dakar. So much fun to shoot.

    (Leita – it reminded me of your book, Rollerskating in the Desert!)
    

  • Opposition Protests in Dakar

    Feb 17, 12

    I’m back in Senegal for a few weeks to cover the elections and produce a couple of features. Today was spent running through the streets of downtown Dakar chasing protestors who were running from tear gas-hurling riot police. I ran into a bunch of old friends, (which was nice) and got a face full of tear gas multiple times (less nice).

    The protestors are rallying against current President Abdoulaye Wade’s attempt to run for a third term, which is or is not against the constitution’s two-term limit, depending on whom you ask. Photos below.. more info to follow. Credit: Ricci Shryock/Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

  • The Birds

    Feb 02, 12

    When I was little, my dad and I would watch Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ all the time. Looking back, perhaps it wasn’t the best choice of films for a five-year-old. I had flashbacks of man-eating birds when I was shooting these gulls in SW Florida this week. I took a Panera bagel, threw it above my head, and shot away with a 50 mm. That basically means these birds are as close as they appear.
    

  • Music: Making tea in a cave

    Jan 15, 12

    I’m so bummed I missed Tinariwen when they played in DC in November. Love them, and this music video is gorgeous.

  • Pool Hall.

    Jan 12, 12

    Gondar, Ethiopia. November, 2011.

  • Les Fleurs

    Jan 09, 12

    Along a road in Bahirdar region of Ethiopia. November, 2011.
    (Also – I promise I will write more about Ethiopia SOON – it was awesome sauce).

  • Love. This.

    Jan 05, 12

    If this isn’t beautiful, I don’t know what it is. Check out the 2:28 mark for sheer facial expression.