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2026 · Kenya

Kenya, Msambweni

This is Msambweni, a village on the Kenyan coast we keep coming back to, and where we got married. I made most of these 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
Kenya, Msambweni —
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