21Jul Remembering ZIMELPA
When I was with Venekera Works, we ran an online picture gallery which we called ZIMELPA, short for “The Zimbabwe Entertainment and Leisure Photo Album”. ZIMELPA was part of itsbho.com and became quite popular in a very short time. There is something about telling a story with pictures that resonates with most people. Unfortunately ZIMELPA went down with itsbho.com last year. Don’t ask for details because that is another story on its own.
I am working on a bigger version of ZIMELPA which is going to go up on the Zimbo Jam. The concept is a bit wider this time- not just entertainment and leisure photos but all sorts of pictures that cover every aspect of life in Zimbabwe.
I have been going through the FungaiFoto archives during the last few months and am flabbergasted by how many pictures there are. I have also spoken to a few of my photographer friends and they are willing to contribute pics to the album. One step at a time I suppose. So far, I have added just over 2,000 photos to the gallery and we are only just beginning to tell this story…
Where can you see it? It’s still offline- but you’ll be the first to know when it goes up! I promise you I am going to scream so loudly about it that you will hear it- DEF.
The challenge now is to get it all up before I leave for Zim, where the bandwidth would make this akin to an entomological effort to get Mount Everest airborne…
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