The Unanswered

"I appreciate all the heart felt comments left under this post. In the spirit of the title 'the Unanswered' - I have also chosen not to respond. This of course does not undermine your views & perspectives in any way"


To be included in the next 'Reflections' Journal


Previous journal entries in this series:
Vilanculos - Poverty & Paradise [link]
The Face of Africa [link]



As to what happened to this child
I do not know

Did she survive the fangs of malnutrition ?
Does she now have a family of her own ?
Did she suffer the tyranny of the militia ?
Was she raped, abused or laundered ?

Perhaps she was adopted by a lonely rock star
or did she fall prey to the aimlessness of genocide ?
- with the hope of being let off lightly,
without the blessing of hands or feet.

As to what happened to this child
I do not know

All I know is this child was hungry
and I took her picture

... now answer me this question.
World stats:
Today, across the world, 1.3 billion people live on less than one dollar a day; 3 billion live on under two dollars a day; 1.1 billion have no access to clean water; 2.4 billion have no access to sanitation; 2 billion have no access to electricity





photo taken at a soup kitchen outside of
Dondo, Mozambique, May 1992
35 mm Negative











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