Here is a little conversation on the photos of Dom posted below. This is from my Facebook page.
JP....Sad and beautiful. Powerful.
GERRY YAUM....Thanks Jamie. Dom is a nice man, likes to joke, maybe a bit crazy at times but always treated me kindly. Hope he is still alive next trip, will give him some of the pics and buy him some food as you did for your friend in need recently.
JP......I couldn't do what you do. My heart would break that I couldn't save everyone. Thank you for introducing them and thank you for recording their being.
GERRY YAUM....ts not as bad as it seems, when you make photos like this you see lots of good stuff also...your sort of pulled into peoples lives, share many good experiences and some bad of course. The people under the freeway or in the dump are special...they overcome so much to live their lives, it is often a pleasure to be with them. The things I hate are the heat in Thai, the cockroaches, rats and such and in the dump the terrible smell that lingers on everything, in your hair, your fingernails, your camera gear. That stuff is very hard to take and wears you out, the people especially the kids, usually do the opposite, they rejuvenate you. Thanks so much for your thoughts.
