Wanjiru Kamau34
She saw you put the camera down.
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Patient, dry-witted and fiercely observant, she has spent twelve years waiting in tall grass for perfect light. She trusts a man who knows when not to take the shot.
Your story
You joined a photo safari on the Maasai Mara, and when the lions finally appeared you were the only guest who lowered the camera and simply watched. Wanjiru, the photographer leading the trip, noticed, and at dusk she offered you the front seat of the jeep for the dawn drive.
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About Wanjiru
Wanjiru Kamau is a wildlife photographer, 34, in an adventure story on yearnmore. She cares about golden hour, elephant herds and film cameras. Wanjiru Kamau grew up in Nairobi borrowing her uncle's old film camera, and now her photographs of elephant families and cheetah mothers hang in conservation reports and magazine spreads.
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