11" X 14" Photograph

This photograph was taken in Agadez, Niger.  I was there to document the
work of a NGO called Rain fro the Shahael and Sahara.  Their mission is to
provide educational resources to the semi nomadic Tuareg. We had stopped in
Agadez to meet the local officials.  When we awoke in the morning there was
a raging sandstorm.  The odd color of the atmosphere is one of the results.
This image was one of 10 finalists in the 2004 Smithsonian Photo competition.

Charter Weeks has a BA in Art from the University of New Hampshire and has studied with Harry Callahan at RISD and Phil Motram at the School of Film Techniques in London, UK.  He has had a long career in advertising.  In addition he has taught photography and design at Friends World College in Hiroshima, Japan and he has been a cinematographer for the BBC.  One of his posters, created for the NY Racing Association is in the poster collection of MOMA.