Husband of fisherwoman.

Natural smile, nice "wrinkles" :)

very nice capture Jon. I like it in all respects. you really caught his spirit and he's a great subject. I'd just thought I'd tell you, as I know you love "street" photography that this Sunday at the Getty Center in Los Angeles I'm goint to see an exhibit of the photographs of Wingrad, Arbus and Eggleston. I'm stoked!!

Thanks for the comments.

 

I envy you.

Sure wish we had exhibitions like that around here.

I can't get any new photos to look at by people

like that. Exhausted the web and local bookstore.

I really wish I could get hold of the books

these guys published and also especially Koudelka.

 

 

We're getting an exhibit in the nearby Chiangsaen

historical museum of photos taken a hundred years ago by a French

photographer of a tribe that just blended into Cambodian

society and disappeared. Doesn't exist today.

Same thing's happening with Akha hilltribes today

in Chiangrai often in strange ways like missionaries

are pulling kids out of villages to educate them in schools

down in the low lands which on the surface seems nice

but it destroys Akha society when there are no kids to follow

in their parent's footsteps. Matthew McDaniel:

 

http://www.akha.org/

 

has been watching it happen for 12 years.

Eventually I'll convince him to start a photography project.

He's fluent in the Akha which should really help.

All the member's of Chiangrai's Alliance Frnacaise photo club

get to contribute photos to the exhibit too, but I'm afraid none of

our photos are relevant to the theme of whole cultures disappearing.

 

Cheers.