Heading back to Thailand soon to continue the work on this series an the series at the dump. The photographs will be exhibited at the University of New Brunswick Art Centre starting October 28, 2022
Just
learned yesterday that FAMILIES OF THE DUMP will also be exhibited at
the FLASH PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL in Winnipeg, sometime in April/2022.
This
photo has a special memory for me. About 30 seconds before I made it, I
stepped on a nail in the dump. I saw him find the puppet toy in the
garbage and pick up, I ran over to get the shot. The nail went through
my boot and grazed the left side of my left little toe. After that days
shooting (bloody torn sock/foot washed down with limited supply of
drinking water), I spent 3 hours (eleven steps to get the shot) in the
public hospital waiting for my tetanus shot. Often children in the dump
go barefoot. In fact I photographed this same boy, Lay-Auh, 4 years later barefoot
one morning at 6am as he walked through the garbage in 2019. There is
also sometimes hospital waste in the dump, dirty needles etc.
Note* Taking safety boots this trip
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| Win family boy with found puppet, THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP, Mae Sot, Thailand 2015 |
