Here is a clip of the kids at Rourkela dancing away a hot afternoon. Every time I watch this video, I become much more relaxed. Plus, since I was filming, I didn’t have to dance! I suspect that is a big motivation for a lot of the photographers out there.
Posted on August 27th, 2008 by admin
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Sorry for the delay in posting. Jet lag kicked my butt last week and I only recovered after about four days. So, I’ve done my best to document our most recent IMPACT travel trip to India and I still have lots more to post here from that trip. I wanted to post this note to [...]
Posted on August 25th, 2008 by admin
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Another time lapse for you this evening. I slowed this one down but I’m still not satisfied with the quality. This was shot over three hours last week, with one picture taken every ten seconds. If you sponsor a child at Bhawani, look close and you may catch your kid posing for the camera.
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by admin
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Major generalizations follow… I’m sitting here watching NBC’s coverage of the Olympics and they’re following a group of University of Iowa Olympic volunteers around. The camera crew followed one student who enjoys going off the beaten path and checking out the neighborhoods and side streets of Beijing. The NBC reporter, in the usual somber voice-over [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by admin
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Here is what happens when you set up a laptop at the Bhawani orphanage and record a picture every 60 seconds for about 45 minutes. The kids had just gotten done taking a dip in an antibacterial bath so they were busy combing their hair by looking at the video of themselves on the laptop. [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by admin
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Here is a shot of Mukesh breaking ground on the new building, which is behind the old Bhawani orphanage. The new home will house 150 children and be completed in about a year. You can see a bit of me on the right with the video camera. Funny story about that. I was filming the [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by admin
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It’s Saturday at 8 AM and I’m currently at London-Heathrow airport. I’ve been traveling since 7 AMish Friday morning, when we took the first rail ride from JSG, Orissa, India to Ranchi, Jharkand, India. After a short weather delay, we made our way to Delhi and I got on a British Airways flight at 2:10 [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by admin
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It’s not fair to generalize all of India based on the few states I’ve been to but for the purposes of this post, that’s what I’m going to do. I have not seen a bathtub so far. Every bathroom has just a shower head with a slightly slanted bathroom floor leading to a drain. I’ve [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by admin
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Tonight, Thursday the 14th, we left the Bhawani orphanage after spending three days there. Up until tonight, I was able to rationalize the conditions I’d seen in India with a very cold, logical sense of reason. This is the way it’s always been here, I would tell myself. I’m just another privileged white guy coming [...]
Posted on August 14th, 2008 by admin
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Sorry for the delay in posting. Monsoon season and satellite internet do not mix. The shot above is from the fourth floor of our hotel. Jumbled thoughts follow. Last we talked we were spending out last day at the Rourkela orphanage, on our way to the Bhawani orphanage. That was on Sunday night and it [...]
Posted on August 12th, 2008 by admin
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