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After the tsunami 2004, the Sri Lankan army gathered survivors of totally devasted areas in temporary camps settled by non govermental organizations close to the capital, Colombo. Two weeks after the tsunami, this government forbade adoption, even from Sri Lankans couples, in order to prevent sexual tourism. Almost two years after, one thousand people live ressourceless in wooden hutments and share a single tap in this camp located 1 km south of Colombo. Four hundred of them are children and orphans abandoned to themselves, suffering from malnutrition and poor hygiene. In spite of receiving more than 130 million euros of international subsidies, the Sri Lankan government has not done anything so far for these people, except moving them hundreds of kilometers away from their village.
Some of these kids are also suffering from psychological trauma and do not speak neither communicate at all. Many of these abandoned children, without any security nor protection, are kidnapped and then forced to be child soldiers by the LTTE rebels leading the civil war against the goverment in the north of the country (summer 2006). Canon EOS 50, 28mm, f/4,5, Kodak Tmax 100, scan from a neg. series: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Comments
 incredible shot.
-- waves of rain shatter through the din and leave pure silence in their wake. it's strange how i can't hear them anymore. i'm here for more.  why is those submission about the refugee camp so dark  such happiness amid so much hardship. A lesson to many. Thanx for bring this to us
 -- Be Yourself and Fly Free well, it really does not look dark on my comp, neither on another one I checked with
 -- www.arnaudlegrand.com its look very dark i first thought you want to capture the sad atmosphere... scanners   Nice motion, the little drag you got on them - no pun intended, but it adds "emotion".....I usually don't like shots of children taken looking down on them, I've always preferred to get on their level - but I think it's actually an important part of the shot this time - looking down on them and watching their playing in spite of the dire circumstances, it shows the resiliency of children and the spirit. That may be a cliched notion visually, but it's a dichotomy that works particularly well.
You know what's funny? The first comment on this photo where her signature is longer than her comment. And, seriously - stop fucking around and read this tutorial on how to add DOF after the fact - it's a mark of the "pros."  Someone shoot me. [link]-- I'm not here. I'm here: [link]  breathtaking... I agree with *toutlemoi that its nice to see that one ray of light in Pandora's Box (so to speak)
:+Fav: awesome job -- I have yet to cross over that line in the sand... ...and yet, the line is there, it remains... ...but I wait for the tide to wash the line away... ...because only when it is washed away do I dare cross it...  another great capture !
well, light was hard, and tmax 100 is not very flexible. But it fits well the place and the moment I think.
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Critiques
I first saw the one that was a daily deviation.
Saying that it caught my eye right away.
The black and white picture still has so much life in it, and I caught a few tears in my eyes.
This photo shows such joy and freedom despite the sadness of the situation (like the daily deviation suggests of the other one). The smiles on the children's faces are genuine despite being orphaned and abandoned by their government to be enslaved as child soldiers. Sadness reigns especially since most of these children will not see an end to the civil war they live in.
What an amazing way to be caught in the middle of your eyes opening. You truly show a way to wake everyone up from the blindfolded society we live in. Much like "Craig Kielburger" founder of the "Free the children" foundation and co-founder of the "We Day" currently being hosted throughout Canada. Photo is worth 1000 words right?
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