Before the award ceremony we all ate lunch together. Rice & Curry followed by chocolate ice cream and accompanied by Coca Cola and Fanta. A bit like christmas for some of the boys.
Then everyone got a certificate that he participated the photo project. Furthermore all got a CD with their photos on it. The first three of them also won a photo album and the winner was given a brand new camera. He didn`t let go of it ever since.
When he received the parcel I couldn`t see an expression of happiness on his face and started to get a bit disappointed. But when he left the house, one foot still in the door wrapping paper was flying around and he unpacked the camera in the middle of the road. Surrounded by 10 other boys. That night he came back to tempel because he wanted to ask Ariyadhamma about things he could figure out himself concerning the camera.
When i said good bye to them I asked if all of them wanted to continue with the program. The answer came like a gun shot out of the winners mouth: „ a hundred years!“
The other boys seem to be equaly motivated to work on their creativity.
I`m looking forward to seeing more of their work and how they develop their own style.
Last week I looked at all the photos again and I`m quite impressed by them. I didn`t expect so many different perspectives and impressions of kids who never used cameras before.
It seems like they all have it already inside their heads and now they are able to show it. All I did was giving them a few little technical advices. I thought I would have to give them much more advice and help.
So i really hope that some of them keep taking photos with the same intensity than they have shown in the last few weeks.
The blog will get updated regularly.
I want to thank all of you who made that possible again.
If we want to keep the project going I will have to ask you again for help sooner or later.
Right now we are still looking for cameras so each of the boys can have his own at any time.
All the best and thank you all again!
Georg
