Some photos from today. Will continue to add them to this post as I edit
them. From the "Families of the Dump", series Mae Sot Thailand 2019
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in the early morning. Most of the structures are for working in during
the very hot, sunny days but people do sleep in them overnight at times.
Over the last several nights there has been 1 or 2 in use. This
morning the center shack was being used. As I made this photo the man
inside woke up and had a morning smoke (the dark shadow in the photo).
Morning smoking seems to be very common here. "Families of the Dump",
Mae Sot Thailand 2019 |
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third man who was asleep in the small dump structure. He had just
washed his face with water from a pail, and was wiping it dry with his
Longyi (skirt type pants Burmese men wear). "Families of the Dump", Mae
Sot Thailand 2019 |
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| Wee
Loo having a morning smoke after waking up. The structure on his left
is where 3 older men were sleeping. I almost walked right by them
without noticing, the shack was so small and low. I completely missed
them until I heard Wee Low call out my name. There is heavy rain every
night now here, it is the rainy season, so their regular larger shack
has been flooded out of use. Will give some bags of food to this shack
and these men tomorrow, today gave out headlamps and raincoats.
"Families of the Dump", Mae Sot Thailand 2019 |
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last person I photographed today, never met him before (got his name
and age recorded for later titles). He spoke Thai to me and was just
bring some bottles back from the main digging area. Will give him a
headlamp, maybe some boots tomorrow. A very friendly and unassuming
fellow, liked him immediately. "Families of the Dump", Mae Sot Thailand
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Enjoying a donated lollipop, or as they say in Burmese "SOLO", "Families of the Dump", Mae Sot Thailand 2019
I might include this picture in the Clareview Library display thingy, happening in August back in Edmonton. |
