Marriott Marquis hotel, the height of luxury

How would it feel like to photograph Dubai from up here?” asked Mutua Matheka, a Nairobi based photographer. “You can if you use the Huawei P9 with its dual Leica cameras,” answered Millicent Ngatia tongue in cheek. “But don’t even think of getting to the edge of the building. They can’t let you do that from the balcony,” added Millicent.

This conversation was taking place on the top floor of the tallest hotel in the world, the 355 metre high, 72-floor JW Marriott Marquis in Dubai. Matheka and I were part of a group that had just witnessed release of the newest Huawei phone. Matheka is a young photographer whose cityscape images of Nairobi catapulted him to wide acclaim.