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When April Dobbins, author of this month’s travel essay Mondesa on my Mind, sent me a batch of possible photos to accompany her story, I immediately knew I wanted to use this image. I loved its brightness and vitality.

The picture depicts Ernst Taniseb, an artist April encountered in the Namibian township of Mondesa and a character in her essay.

When I emailed April gushing over the shot, she wrote back:

Funny thing about that Ernst silhouette. It’s one of my favorites, but it was a total mistake. The camera wasn’t focused. I love it, but I never thought anyone would use it because of the blurriness. I like so much because I think it captures the energy his house.