Travel Photography:The story behind the photos, “A little Girl and her simple way recycling soft drink cans.”
The story behind the photos…
“A little Girl and her simple way recycling soft drink cans.”
This is the story about a little Girl at Phnom Sampeou, (Killing Caves) in the rural area of Battambang.
It was during our last Photo Workshop in Cambodia and we just finished the day at Phnom Sampeou, worn out and thirsty!
We bought some soft drinks at the local store and waiting for the million of bats to appear out of
a cave at dusk along the road, it was our last shoot for the day.
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All of a sudden this little girl appeared, collecting the empty cans, sorting them out and given me the occasional shy look.
I was watching her and kept shooting a few frames now and then, as she playfully emptied the leftovers before she arranged the cans along the road.
By now it was getting very dark and I had to push my ISO higher as she kept arranging the cans in a very playful manner and I was wondering…is she collecting them or is she just playing?
Vehicles and pushbikes going by, but this little girl was paying no attention to the traffic or our group, she just kept on lining up her cans.
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Now neatly arranged, she suddenly started to jump up an down flattening the cans with her feet, picked them up and disappeared as quick as she had arrived.
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The process of a very simple recycling was complete, I am sure the only thing left to do for her was to take the flattened cans and sell them for a few Riel (Cambodian currency) at the local Village.
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