Dawn At My Back

Dawn At My Back
April 2005 in the Angkor temples in Siem Reap, Cambodia

My second morning at the Angkor temples I went to the Large Reflecting Pool. There were a dozen or so Cambodia children huddled around in the pre-dawn light watching me set up my camera, tripod and cable release. One pointed to the cable release and called out �click-click� as a way to indicate my intention to take some pictures. I smiled and responded with a nod and echoed �click-click�. The children were so endearing that I let the more curious ones take a look through the viewfinder, then press the cable plunger to hear my camera make the click-click sound. The young boy silhouetted in the picture was one of the more reserved youngsters. He finally came close enough to take his turn pressing the plunger on the cable release, but instead of just the sunrise he beautifully captured his silhouette with the dawning of a new day at his back.

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The profit will be determined by taking the overall proceeds from the sales and subtracting the expenses for film processing and framing the images for the shows. The funds will be provided to specific individuals I met on my trip (not organizations) who are still in the Thailand area helping with recovery projects. The individuals receiving the funds are charged with finding locals in need of the funds and dispensing them accordingly for relief projects. [For example, contributions I personally provided to one of these individuals went to paying for school tuition for the daughter of one of the shopkeepers whose store was destroyed in the tsunami. Other such private donations have bought engines for fishing boats, books to replace those lost in the tsunami, etc. My personal experience while in Thailand was the funds being doled out by volunteers who had direct exposure to individuals, in the communities hardest hit by the tsumani, were those funds being best allocated. The volunteers would accompany the tsunami survivor to pay the school fees to the school directly or to buy the engine directly instead of money being handed out.]