Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by posthumous:
Your introduction is hilarious and your photo essay is sobering, but funny, too, in a dark way. But I'm already selling it short. The photos that are not screenshots have their own, very human, spirit.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by mqnaufal:
Nice

Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by herfotoman:
Well Paul, do not expect to be invited to the next wife-taking feast..

I've lived next to Swaziland my whole life, and it really is sad how it is being run as a chieftainship. All facts about the country is unfortunately true.

Thoughtful writing, perfect layout. Add to that some soulful images and this is such a gem. Thank you.

Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by salmiakki:
Very well done. Loved the snippits of news to accompany the images. Made me smile too.

BAKKIE
by ubique

Comment by MadMan2k:
Interesting composition of shapes and patterns here. I like it; sometimes a photo comes together and becomes much more than the sum of its parts.

Ruby will you be mine?
by ubique

Comment by Lydia:
Where is the jewelry in your jewelry advertisement?

Am I blind?

Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by mariuca:
Not even humor can take politics out of Paolo Buono any longer!
He accepted the job, took his camera and began alertly the voyage but little by little when he started to use his handkerchief too often and then the back of his sleeve to wipe his face he realized that it was not dust but tears that fogged his eyes and his hands trembled.

He might have remembered vaguely of a photographer named Peter Beard, but that guy never published in WTF magazine.

Your photos are so often filled with end-of-the-world melancholy and sometimes helplessness and always with a distant beauty. Or is it the place? Or the topic?
In any case, we will never look from now on at any "glossy reassuring National Geographic" pictures in the same way. Actually, I never did, and always looked for alternate or at least additional views. LO-FI or not.

Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by ubique:

Originally posted by jin_tonic: ... the sigh between the linesâ€Â¦

How very beautiful. I wish I'd thought of it. Thank you.

Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by jin_tonic:
At first glance I see humor in your essay, then I see the sigh between the linesâ€Â¦

Swazi Lo-Fi
by ubique

Comment by insteps:
WTF Paul? This is quite the story and I want to believe it̢۪s all true. I hope the Swaziland police come knocking at my door inquiring on your whereabouts. I̢۪ll probably ask them more questions about this mysterious photographer than they ask me. Your low fidelity images, as you call them, are a treat without this additional layer you created. The photographer with a conscious takes this to another level. A very enjoyable essay that makes this whole exercise worth the effort. Thank you.