My experience in Somalia is limited, as is the experience of many. Due to the security situation, ongoing hostilities, and inhospitable landscape, Somalia is one of the most inaccessible countries on earth. ‘Postcards from Somalia’ was an idea to capture the Somalia visible to outsiders who are able to venture there.

In Somali society, men’s lives are outdoors, in the streets. Women’s on the other hand, are inside, behind doors and gates, hidden from the world.
Hargeisa, Somaliland – 50 mm / f3.2

A watchtower rapidly rusts away on the salty shores of Mogadishu City.
Mogadishu, Somalia – 50 mm / f18.0

The sea-barrier of Mogadishu Airport at low tide
Mogadishu, Somalia – 50 mm / f16.0

A soldier overlooks a ridge in a secure area of Hargeisa
Hargeisa, Somaliland – 90 mm / f7.1

Fridays are off, meaning relaxation at the secure beach area
Halane Beach, Mogadishu – 75 mm / f16.0

A stranded trawler, waiting for the tide. Taken from the cockpit of an UNHAS Beechcraft plane
Bender Qassim, Puntland – 105 mm / f7.0

Through the window of an United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) flight arriving on the Northern Somali coast.
Bender Qassim, Puntland – 50 mm / f5.6