Month: February 2013
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Leah Eneas
As with all her passions – singing, acting, dancing – crocheting was a skill she learned at a young age. Her grandmother taught her when she was nine years old, “in the summer of 1992 and I’ve been crocheting ever since,” said Leah.
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Atario Mitchell
Atario is happy to share his story. He started with basically nothing, “no money, no well-known name, no political connections,” he said. What he did have was a good business idea, a burgeoning belief in himself and the gumption to act on it.
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Sir Arthur and Lady Foulkes to Serve as Patrons
When The Bahamas celebrates 40 years of independence this year, many of the activities will be the expected crowd-pleasers – fireworks, music, speeches and Junkanoo. The one that might just outlast all the momentary bursts of national pride, however, could be a collection of portraits, faces from every walk of life, that could ultimately make…
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Heino Schmid
“Be honest.” It is Heino’s motto, the backbone of how he operates and the undertone of everything he creates. He honours his instincts, trusting where they take him, whether or not even he knows where it is going.
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Bodine ‘Be’ Johnson
She’s gorgeous, curvaceous, talented, successful… and she’s funny. She doesn’t even try to be, it just comes out in the witty, quirky things she says and when she talks to herself in accented voices. She will make you laugh, but don’t take her lightly. She is much more than a pretty face – she is…
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Sir Arthur and Lady Foulkes
In November 2012 our small group paid a courtesy call on Sir Arthur Foulkes. “This is a wonderful idea,” he said when we told him about the Bahamian Project. We showed him the photo we taken of Peanuts Taylor – an intense study in black and white. “Look at the quality of the work,” said…