The Victoria Camera Club asked for more info, for the coming talk I will do for them via ZOOM (a PowerPoint Presentation).
Wrote this up for them and sent them a bunch of pics from the 2 projects and some selfies.
Hey M... A... and R..., here is what you wanted.
THE TALK WILL BE 7- 9PM VICTORIA TIME ON JANUARY 14, CORRECT? We will use ZOOM, allowing me to show my POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
TALK INFORMATION
The two projects in the talk are, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY and THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY deals with the lives of Thais living in the notorious Khlong Toei slum, in Bangkok, Thailand. THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP tells the stories of Burmese refugee families living and working in the Mae Sot, Thailand garbage dump. I have been working on both projects for over a decade.
A very important element of the talk and the MAIN THEME, is how photography can be used as a FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE WORLD. We (donators and myself) do both photography and donation work both under freeway and in the dump. We have raised thousands of dollars to help those in need. The photographic work has had a positive effect on the lives of the subjects.
The talk contains photos (film and digi imagery) of the people, details the donation work done, and contains many first hand personal stories and memories.
BIO
Self taught social documentary photographer. Worked 31 years as a nighttime security guard in Edmonton. The name YAUM is a pseudonym, Yaum in Thai means "Security Guard". I prefer to let the photos be about my subjects, not myself.
Attached are some photos from the talk and a couple of headshots.
Thanks Gerry
PS...if there is anything else you need, please ask.
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| THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP |
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| THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY |
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| Silly Me |