Mother Earth Project
By Romain Philippon
4 Dec 2008
MOTHER EARTH is a photographic project with orphans I met in the north of Thailand. I worked with some kids of "School for life", wich is a german headed project based near Chiang Mai, and wich tries to help children who needs care and education.
I tried to get out of the kids their strong natural roots. Most of them lost their parents (from HIV or since the tsunami), and are now growing without family roots. For them, nature is sometimes the only parent left, especially in their new countryside environment at "school for life" (the school is built as a farm, in the middle of the nature).
The children made their faces up themselves, with the mud of the soil. Quickly, it became a game, and faces I've never seen on them appeared to me.
More informations on the "school for life project" here : http://www.school-for-life.org/
(sorry for the probably few english mistakes I wrote ;)
5 responses
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Christina Dendy said (4 Dec 2008):
your photos are amazing! nice work.
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sara martin gave props (4 Dec 2008):
Those photos are so beautiful.
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Wendy Tanner said (4 Dec 2008):
wonderful photos and great concept - good for us all to get in touch with "the earth".
and don't worry about your English (I am an English teacher!!) - it's pretty good!! gets the message across... -
Zerina Phillip said (5 Dec 2008):
This is very welcome story, sad yes. Hope it get publish so other can see the happy faces of these kids, in spite of their ordeal. Got my vote. Photos are great, and the color really match the theme.
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Henry Bowman gave props (8 Dec 2008):
Great photos and story
