Kenya | Nicolò Pudel

Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

2026 · Kenya

Kenya

This is Msambweni, a village on the Kenyan coast we keep coming back to, and where we got married. Most of these were made just walking around it, the morning market, kids out in the shallows, a haircut going on in the back of a shop.

Four boys stand together in shallow water, smiling and making hand gestures, film photograph by Nicolò Pudel.

Luggage trolleys lined up against an airfield fence, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Palm trees against towering cumulus clouds on the Kenyan coast. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Photographer's partner sitting with vegetable sellers outside a market stall, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Dried fish portioned into tins in a basin on a green stool, Msambweni market, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Woman leaning into a green duka window with red shutters, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Schoolboys passing a parked motorbike in a doorway, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

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Boy in a barber's cape watched by other children in a teal barbershop, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Two plastic chairs in a doorway opening onto the village, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Woman selling dried fish beneath a flour-sack awning, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Two cottages by the sea with laundry drying between them, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Man standing with a cow in a courtyard, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Man resting on the veranda of the Kusudi Kusudi shop, Msambweni, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel

Two giraffes seen from below at a sanctuary, black and white, Kenya. Film photograph by Nicolò Pudel