2024-11-24T19:03:18-05:00 https://archinect.com/blog/article/96773350/niger-earthen-land Adriana Duran G 2014-03-29T07:21:00-04:00 >2014-03-31T15:12:16-04:00 <p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/q8/q8svbtcztw0fs1k8.jpg"></p><p>I took my trip to Niger with only 100 french francs in my pocket, this is less than 20 euros. Since people there can live with less than 1 euro by day, why couldn&rsquo;t I spend 2 weeks with this money? My point is, I really wanted to see that country and learn all it could teach about earthen architecture. At that time I was just arrived to France to prepare my studies and I was convinced that an "on the ground training" was the best way to begin. Anyway, I love traveling and I did not mind to do it alone. I had not a specific plan, my idea was to absorb as much as possible that country and understand their lifestyle by sharing with them. My main tool was an analogical camera, at that time I had no a digital one. This is way the pictures I am sharing today presents this low contrast and old fashioned quality. However, I hope you will read through them a little bit of this experience.</p><p>In Niger, earth is all about. Every where you look at is earth constructed, landscape has the same color ...</p>