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# Statistics
Favourites: 379; Deviations: 181; Watchers: 22
Watching: 16; Pageviews: 18144; Comments Made: 290; Friends: 16
# About me
After an accident years ago that involved a coma, my life is often a struggle of memory against forgetting. Photography is, for me, an ally in that effort. The photos themselves and the stories and feelings around each are my way of remembering my own past, as well as creating a record of my world now to fend off future forgetting.About my DeviantID: For several years I was a teacher in the Congo with the Kuba tribe, and I was happy to get the nickname "Teacher Mikobi" from my friends in the village.
Current Residence: native new mexican / "living" in seattle
Favourite genre of music: something that moves
Currently listening: grimes / lewis watson / digweed
Favourite photographer: william eggleston / martin munkacsi / david fokos
Favourite writers: czesław miłosz / nazim hikmet / raymond carver / rainer maria rilke / octavio paz
Operating System: olympus om-1
Favourite cartoon character: margarita luisa chascarillo - maggie from love & rockets
Favorite visual artist: jaime hernandez? brian kershisnik?
Favorite movies: cloud atlas ~ howl's moving castle ~ www.studioaka.co.uk/go/varmints/
Tools of the Trade: intuition
Other Interests: tutto il mondo
Personal Quote: be kind ~ do good work ~ enjoy life
# Comments
Comments: 66
fogke [2013-07-07 19:12:06 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much for points ! you did my day great !
ths
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ru-illuzionist [2013-07-01 14:52:52 +0000 UTC]
О! Спасибо огромное за поинты!
Это поможет мне собрать на Премиум
Благодарю!
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Mikobi In reply to ru-illuzionist [2013-07-01 15:19:27 +0000 UTC]
Пожалуйста, Ваши фотографии/Иллюстрации красивых!
Oчень динамичный и творческий.
-K
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PolinaChernova [2013-01-25 16:07:56 +0000 UTC]
Спасибо-спасибо большое! Очень неожиданно и приятно было получить такой нескромный подарок.
У тебя очень классные снимки!
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Mikobi In reply to PolinaChernova [2013-01-25 16:26:17 +0000 UTC]
Пожалуйста Поля!
Я пробовал писать на русском языке, но это не будет принимать сообщения. Кроме того, я написал сообщение на английском языке, но это сообщение не появляется под пожертвование!
Я написал:
Уважаемые Поля, Ваши собственные фотографии удивительно! Я надеюсь, что вы будете продолжать делать большую работу!
-Karl
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EvieParazite [2013-01-05 19:42:44 +0000 UTC]
feels like I've got some late Christmas present! thank you so so much for your donation
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Mikobi In reply to EvieParazite [2013-01-05 19:45:11 +0000 UTC]
you're welcome Evie! whatever encourages you to keep doing amazing work! -k
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PROfotoEU [2013-01-04 21:44:42 +0000 UTC]
You have wonderful works! The pictures are full of emotions and memories!
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Mikobi In reply to PROfotoEU [2013-01-05 00:09:55 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much for exploring my photos! The ones you commented on are some of my favs as well! Your own work is *amazing*! The most memorable for me are the ones of Robert...you can see a world of experience in his whole being in your photos.
-Karl
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PROfotoEU In reply to Mikobi [2013-01-05 08:44:27 +0000 UTC]
You are welcome, thank you I feel honored
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Mikobi In reply to KatDiestel [2012-12-12 14:22:36 +0000 UTC]
yes! as in Kat with a K! I am destined to go through life saying "that's with a k"....this will be my epitaph.
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KatDiestel In reply to Mikobi [2012-12-12 18:03:55 +0000 UTC]
i am glad i noticed it - a bit too late but still ...
i always have to say "kathrin with an h"!
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EvieParazite [2012-05-07 11:32:31 +0000 UTC]
I am so grateful for your donation, it means a lot!
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Mikobi In reply to EvieParazite [2012-05-07 15:06:41 +0000 UTC]
no problem....keep doing great work!
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mirlimi [2011-10-21 01:27:15 +0000 UTC]
I enjoyed browsing into your Congo series. Will have to visit again to see more. I love the expressions on the faces and how natural the portraits feel.
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Mikobi In reply to mirlimi [2011-10-21 02:17:14 +0000 UTC]
merci bcp mirlimi!
I was just exploring your portfolio...such a great vision!
I've been away from DA for a while, but would like to post some more...I have more from Malaysia as well as the Congo that I would like to share. I'm traveling to Washington DC next week though, so it will have to be when I get back.
-K
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mirlimi In reply to Mikobi [2011-10-21 12:39:50 +0000 UTC]
I will be looking forward to the Malaysia shots.
I am currently living in Singapore and these 2 countries seem to be the incompatible twins ! Very interesting to observe.
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rchikou [2011-01-17 03:13:04 +0000 UTC]
Ho Mr Blue;
I see my pic in your gallery. 30 years later...
You was a wonderful teacher and so young at that time!
Today I'm a doctor et un peu grâce à vous.
Muboyayi
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Mikobi In reply to rchikou [2011-01-18 06:03:15 +0000 UTC]
Hi again!
I sent you a note separately...which picture?
-K
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rchikou In reply to Mikobi [2011-01-20 13:36:44 +0000 UTC]
Hi Karl;
As you know, we use to call you Mr Blue..)
I'm in the picture with Mukendi (my brother). the one who went in canada.
You will see me in the middle. the other guy beside, is Kalonji, my cousin.
I was so excited to hear from you.
Romain Tshikaya Muboyayi
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Mikobi In reply to rchikou [2011-01-20 16:13:49 +0000 UTC]
Hi! I just sent you a note and then saw you had commented here. Yes I remember you! And Kalonji! Although I forgot his name until now. I do remember Mukendi. So did you move to Canada also? Are you a physician now?
I am a professor (Social Work) and work in youth development (parent training, teacher training, etc.).
I mentioned in my note to you that it would be enormously helpful if you could correct any errors I have here in names, etc. My memory is hazy from those days.
Also, I have lots of photos from then that I can send you either electronically or as prints if you like.
Thanks for the note! -Karl
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rchikou In reply to Mikobi [2011-01-20 17:59:30 +0000 UTC]
Hi Karl;
yes I'm a family physician in Ottawa. My brother Mukendi practice as dentist here as well.
I told him the story and show him the picture. what a surprise!
I'll be more then happy to have photos . electronically may be more the easy way.
This is my phone number in case you have time to chat
Office: 613 834 8500; cell 613 371 9745. my usual name is romain Muboyayi .
thank you for your quick response.
Romain
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KatDiestel [2010-12-01 14:37:05 +0000 UTC]
thanks a lot for your recent (or not so recent) fave
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Mikobi In reply to KatDiestel [2010-06-21 20:18:10 +0000 UTC]
thnx for making it...
...it struck a chord in me...my wife visited my DA page recently and chided me on posting photos from my past...saying to look forwards not backwards...do more now.
I agree, and have posted some recent works as well, and it is a poor sort of memory that only looks backwards. But for me--with a tenuous hold on the events and people of my own past--and in difference to the queens of hearts---it is meaningful somehow.
-k
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KatDiestel In reply to Mikobi [2010-06-21 21:00:24 +0000 UTC]
well, thanks a lot for saying so. i believe a memory that looks forwards is something hard to achieve ...
i also found the poem meaningful once it had presented itself to me in this form.
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xpinkcocainex [2010-06-09 02:10:46 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for the fav. You have some quite nice shots .
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KatDiestel [2010-05-08 11:57:49 +0000 UTC]
hi, i just wanted to leave a note, say thanks for visiting my site. i read your mother's day notes and was quite touched by them.
that's all, i guess.
have a nice week end
kat
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Mikobi In reply to KatDiestel [2010-05-09 07:11:17 +0000 UTC]
hi kat,
thanks very much for the kind note. i was happy to have found and been able to restore the negatives...and in working on them was drawn to wonder about the life my mother lead before being a mom. she seemed so bright and happy in those photos....it was good to see.
i was introduced to your work in looking through Frank's gallery, particularly through your collaboration on "blinds after a slow night"....i find your work really intriguing, and have been exploring it since...happily this will take a while.
thnx again
-k
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KatDiestel In reply to Mikobi [2010-05-09 08:38:28 +0000 UTC]
ah, it was through frank. i wondered what had brought you to my page. well, thanks for looking, faving and watching.
have a good sunday
kat
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Little-Angel33 [2010-05-07 08:58:33 +0000 UTC]
i absolutely love your work! you are amazing!!
<3
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Mikobi In reply to Little-Angel33 [2010-05-07 13:34:00 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much for your kind note!
I like your work as well. You have a good sense of color in your photography and your writing is super! Quick, clean, engaging.
-K
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Little-Angel33 In reply to Mikobi [2010-05-07 20:46:55 +0000 UTC]
thankyou that means a lot to me
<3
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