This is from facebook, the working the garbage color photos in the earlier blog were included in the post.
Been photographing this family for 5 years now. The young girl at one point was looking through a fashion magazine that she found in the garbage. So screwed up to live a life like this, with no real future. She should be be gossiping about boys with her friends, studying and, her mind should be filled with dreams, not digging through garbage every night.
Tech stuff, all shot with the Canon 5D Mark 3 my friend Larry sold to me. 10000 ASA, adjusted the auto focus which seemed to help. Everything done with a 24-100 mm F4 with stabilizer function on. F4 at 30-100 a second. The pictures were made in very low light, pretty well impossible light for film so I went digital, a new experience for me. The only illumination was provided by the head lamps.
Am looking to create enough color works for a future exhibition. If I can get an artist fee for that show, will donate it back to the families as was done this trip with the $500 CAD earned at the "Trumpet" exhibition. A side benefit is that many people who view the photographs and hear the stories also contribute. Thank you to all those people as well. I am hoping the video works plus the new photographs will continue to educate and raise awareness. We can can make this world such a better place if we all reach out and help each other.
