How nosey Mohamed Amin nearly exposed the Pope in his bedroom

Pope John Paul II during his first visit to Kenya in 1980 [File, Standard]

Press photographers are by nature hardened characters who often go out of their way to get that exclusive photo. They will brave dangers such as swollen rivers, play hide and seek with ferocious animals, and even dodge bullets to breathe life into a story.

Among the most celebrated cameraman in Kenya was Mohamed ‘Mo’ Amin who founded Camerapix in the early 1960s, a time when Africa was ridding itself of the shackles of colonialism.