DAN ELDON
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Kizungu Zungu
Elephants
By the River
Gaughin in Africa
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– DAN ELDON –
British, American, Kenyan, 1970—1993
Dan Eldon was born in London, England in 1970. At the age of seven, a family move to Nairobi, Kenya ignited a lifelong fascination with the land and the people of Africa. Accompanying his journalist mother on her interviews, he observed the power of media to inform and inspire. His father’s work with local community leaders taught him how to transform ideas into action. As a teenager, Dan combined his passion for art, adventure and activism into a personal philosophy that he called, “Safari as a way of Life.”
Although Dan explored more than 40 countries, he was always drawn back to Africa. It was this love that would eventually lead to his death. On July 12th, 1993, Dan one of the youngest Reuters photojournalists ever, along with three colleagues, were stoned and beaten to death while covering the tragic conflict in Mogadishu, Somalia.