This morning I photographed the groom in his very small filthy lean-to shack next to the garbage dump. He had just woken up and came out from under his red mosquito netting. I gave him the headlamp he had asked for then started photographing, half way through he adjusted the netting and revealed his to young babies Chemenko his boy about 1 year and 1/2 and Moz Auh Bay his girl about 2 months old. They had all been sleeping together in that small space under the same small net. The 2 month year old looked oh so fragile, so vulnerable.
Later that same day I was having my super at a Mae Sot restaurant. There was story about the last game of NBA player Kobe Bryant. Some fan paid a reported $27500 USD for a single seat to the game. What kind of fucked up world do we live in where paying over $30000 CAD for a basketball game makes sense? Where that is our money spending priority. What kind of fucked up world do we live in where babies grow up in garbage dumps? Where we close our eyes to that awful reality.
Later that same day I was having my super at a Mae Sot restaurant. There was story about the last game of NBA player Kobe Bryant. Some fan paid a reported $27500 USD for a single seat to the game. What kind of fucked up world do we live in where paying over $30000 CAD for a basketball game makes sense? Where that is our money spending priority. What kind of fucked up world do we live in where babies grow up in garbage dumps? Where we close our eyes to that awful reality.
