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Continuing to work on THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP photos for the coming March issue of "Shades of Grey: Fine Art Photography" magazine. Here is another possible. A photograph of a young boy sleeping in the dump on the dirty ground covered with waste.
The photo was made in 2013 during my second series of trips to the garbage dump at about 530-6am. This young boy was among a group of new people to the dump, numbering around 20. They had no shelters built yet, some in this new group slept in the open on dirty blankets with the mosquitoes and flies while others slept under some old mosquito netting.
Continuing to work on THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP photos for the coming March issue of "Shades of Grey: Fine Art Photography" magazine. Here is another possible. A photograph of a young boy sleeping in the dump on the dirty ground covered with waste.
The photo was made in 2013 during my second series of trips to the garbage dump at about 530-6am. This young boy was among a group of new people to the dump, numbering around 20. They had no shelters built yet, some in this new group slept in the open on dirty blankets with the mosquitoes and flies while others slept under some old mosquito netting.
When I photographed the group early that morning, I tried to walk
quietly so as not to disturb their sleep. This child looked so innocent
to me, his hand so beautiful and graceful, a person trapped in the world
he was born into. I remember watching the flies walk on the boy as he
slept (one is visible on his arm) and wondered how he could sleep, so at
peace and undisturbed. I guess you can get used to most anything, if
you have to.
Young boy sleeping in the dump, THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP, Mae Sot garbage dump, Mae Sot, Thailand 2013
Young boy sleeping in the dump, THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP, Mae Sot garbage dump, Mae Sot, Thailand 2013
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| Young boy sleeping in the dump, THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP, Mae Sot garbage dump, Mae Sot, Thailand 2013 |
