SuperGrannies of Korogocho

#SuperGrannies

© Tobin Jones

A small secret society of grandmothers have decided that enough is enough.

In a heavily populated slum in Nairobi, grandmothers are often seen as easy targets. “Shoso Jikinge”, which is Swahili for “Grandmother, Protect Yourself”, is a secret society of elderly women skilled in the ancient art of Kung Fu. This group of admirable women have learnt how to box, carefully assess dangerous situations and reliably call for help.

Tobin Jones is an award-winning photographer based in Nairobi who has taken on the honorable duty of documenting the remarkable story of these courageous women. Using a trading card format, Jones has highlighted the incredible strength and power these grandmothers demonstrate in their everyday lives. With 10% net proceeds donated to the SuperGrannies of Korogocho, this collection is brought to you as a group of 12 one of one NFTs.

“…by creating NFTs out of these photographs I’d essentially be transcending several eras of photography. The analog era of film, the digital era of computers, and what I see as the the future era of photography and Web3.”

In this collection, each photograph is taken using rolleiflex film, which doesn’t catch colour. Each print is then digitised and finally coloured by hand. Jones states the beauty demonstrated via this method is incomparable to alternative methods of capturing colour. Although laborious, he believed this method was most fitting for photographing the #SuperGrannies.

Early investors will also receive an archive-quality physical print. The Public Sale for this collection is now live on OpenSea.