Friday, November 7, 2008

Blind

These last few weeks since arriving in Spain I haven't had time to take pictures, or even edit my work from my project. I'm really missing being totally absorbed in photography! For now I'll have to post some of the images that stand out in my mind. Here's one that I took just a day before leaving Nepal that I feel captures something about the extreme circumstances of poverty in many peoples' lives there...

A blind woman on the road near Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. With social welfare assistance nearly nonexistent in Nepal, disabled persons are often left with little or no choice but to beg in order to survive.

2 comments:

katie said...

powerful. great composition, and toning too. and - thanks for the caption info, it really adds the important details. i know how you feel about not being absorbed by pictures anymore... if you're feeling needy - just force yourself to go for a long walk with just one camera and maybe an extra battery!

Amanda said...

Spain! How wonderful. I really look forward to seeing what you find. Get back into it, lady! It's sometimes a little hard to jump back into it, but we can't wait to see what you do in this new environment. . .