The Shell Island of Fadiouth

Eve Bigaj
4 min readJun 27, 2020

The first thing I see on the Senegalese island of Fadiouth are the wading pigs. The first thing I remember seeing. Only the camera has recorded the woman who wades beside the swine.

“God willing, you’ll return here for your wedding,” our guide, Jean-Paul, tells my partner Ben and me as we cross the bridge leading to the island. Ben’s dad looks on without comment.

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Eve Bigaj

Visual artist following curiosity wherever it leads. I have a Harvard PhD in philosophy. Learn colorful painting with me: evebigaj.com