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October 14, 2006
Refugee camp 5 by *Archange Wow. I mean ... wow ... in a way which makes me think, "all she wants to be with are her mommy and daddy and possibly sisters and brothers." But ... no ... she sits in an orphanage. What I love that this deviant did ... was show her in such a beautiful light (pardon the visual pun) ... and ... well ... this is something that affects me. I hope whoever she is, wherever she is ... she feels the positive energy I'm thinking for her. I hope ... she finds what my little girl has. I hope. Thanks, mate, for shooting this, uploading and letting the rest of us see what you saw.
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Sri Lanka : refugee camp 5

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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 print.

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NORITSU KOKI
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QSS-32_33
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star-empty: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star: Impact

The angle of lighting in this photo is excellent, in my opinion. It brings the highlight and shadow to perfectly fall in her face and give us much deeper feelings.

Composition, focus, and all other technical stuff are very well done, maybe it was already the best in that kind of situation.

The strong looks in her eye is the power in this photo, it is the one that makes this photo have so much impact for the viewer.

The book in the bottom left of the frame add some information. But, I don't know, it just too contrast that looks like it want to get more attention.