Street Photography in Ethiopia

I did a lot of street photography in Ethiopia but it was constrained and the picture it paints is kind of grim. By “constrained” I mean that I did almost none at night, and most of the street photography I did was from inside a moving vehicle. By “grim” I mean that the overwhelming impression I get from this section of photographs is that of poverty. This should not be taken as “what Ethiopia is like.”

This set of images were taken from the Mercato district in Addis Ababa.

Ant Merging With Traffic

We saw people carrying incredible loads in the Mercato.

Snack Seller

One of zillions of people trying to sell things to passing cars.

VW Tomatoes

One of two 70s VW buses I saw Ethiopia. Selling tomatoes at the market. I don’t know what the people are doing inside the bus.

Banana sellers

Woman buying rope

Heavy Load

This was not taken from a vehicle but from a foray into the Mercato on foot. I’m surprised I didn’t see more people with facial expressions like this.