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COLD
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Copyright: Skye Soroush (fireflyz) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 82 W: 1 N: 61] (769)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-06-15
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor 12-24mm DX, Nikon L37C
Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Blue world [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-09-09 14:09
Viewed: 1378
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi,
yesterday I posted a photo on TE, then I decided to make one for TL with the same theme and message. So I'm using the same text. Hope you don't mind..

Stung Meanchey series;

Many children go hungry and are extremely undernourished. Some children have no homes to go to so they sleep on the bare ground during the day and prowl the streets at night. They have no one to love and care for them. They are forced to live in unhygienic conditions and are defenseless against sickness and disease.

The sick children just lie in the streets and cry because they have no one to help them. Others escape the harsh reality of the slums by seeking temporary comfort in the illusionary dream world of the dangerous drug Kav (pill type). They can’t live without it. Kav makes them happy for a while so they relish it and enlist others to do the same, fueling their addiction with a life of petty theft.

These children are victims of circumstance, abandoned by adults who were too busy fending for themselves. Some children roam the streets as shoeshine boys for a small fee. Little girls sell flowers at restaurants and local temples, while others rummage through dumpsites for used plastic bags to exchange for whatever little food they can get.**


To help you can contact several organizations. I don't recommend religious organizations, they have ulterior motives.
Check out these two sites. The second one is recommended by Maciej (maciekda):


Cambodian Orphanage International, Inc

Pour un Sourire d'Enfant

Best Regards,
Skye



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  • nova Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2733 W: 263 N: 864] (8653)
  • [2005-09-09 16:32]
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Interesting blue portrait! Nice angle and beautiful expression captured! Well done! Michel

Interesting use of color here. Thanks for sharing.

Yes, adding the blue filter makes this photo even better than the original because of the atmosphere it creates.

Skye, I love your note and the effect you've achieved with this photo. It must have broken your heart to see this. I don't know if I could stand it. The world can be very cold, as you say.

Beautiful child - the blue works very well. I like the tilt of the shot and the barren background also.

Thanks, Skye.
Gayle

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