Children of the World - Amateur

Around the Corner in Gambia

Karen Safer
USA

Nominee

"Around the Corner in Gambia"


Biography: Karen Safer Condensed Statement: (Condensed version) I got a camera and some crayons as a kid, journeyed along a path in life - far from what I'd expected, moved from youth to middle age, did some work, had some fun, got high, got low, and just continue doing it - never tiring of the next visual surprise. - Life is still a mystery, after all. Karen Safer is a photographic artist, published writer and poet with a musical bent. As a fifth generation native Angelino, she was given a camera and crayons at 3 and exposed to the dominant California motifs: light, palm trees, the ocean,...

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