Tanzania Film Photography | Serengeti, Zanzibar & Rulenge on Medium Format | King Nemuel Visuals
Tanzania
people, plains,
& the sea
Dar es Salaam · Rulenge · Serengeti · Zanzibar, 2025
We landed in Dar es Salaam before heading inland to Rulenge, where the trip truly began. From the village warmth of Kagera, to the endless horizon of the Serengeti, and finally to the quiet shores of Bawe Island. Tanzania unfolded slowly, the way good film should. Mostly shot on medium format with the Mamiya 7II, and 35mm on the Leica M6, this is what remained.
Rulenge, Friends of Rulenge
We arrived in Rulenge to visit the children sponsored through Friends of Rulenge, and what we found was not just a program, but a community. My brother-in-law’s family welcomed us with a warmth you cannot plan for. You just receive it.
“They welcomed us like we had always belonged there. That kind of generosity doesn’t fit in a frame, but you try anyway.”
Rulenge · Kagera Region · TanzaniaSerengeti, the great plains
The Serengeti does not care about your film budget. It gives you more than you can shoot. I burned through rolls faster here than anywhere else, and still felt like I missed everything. Every horizon felt endless, every moment already gone.
Zanzibar, Bawe Island
After the dust of the Serengeti, Bawe Island felt like another world. A private island in the Indian Ocean. Days at the beach, and one evening, a boat around the island just in time for the sky to turn. After the plains, the exhale.
Tanzania gave three completely different experiences on a single trip, and somehow medium format and 35mm film had to hold all of it. Shot primarily on the Mamiya 7II, with moments captured on the Leica M6, this is what remained.