Life without lights
Abdulai Abubakari holds his infant child, Fakia, in Voggu, Ghana, Feb. 19, 2010.
The villagers of Voggu are among the 1.6 billion people worldwide who live without electricity.
Photographer Peter DiCampo had a simple plan: to photograph only with the light available, so that the reader could see only what the subjects are able to see.
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