Hersam Acorn Newspapers, a Connecticut-based company which prides itself on its intensive local coverage, is broadening its horizons by launching an international travel blog. Former staffer Maggie Caldwell, who left the company to travel around the world, will be documenting her trip via the company’s Web site over the coming months. She is also looking to tell your travel stories. If you also are on the road and are from one of Hersam Acorn's coverage towns and may cross paths with Maggie, feel free to contact her at Maefly2008@gmail.com.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Annapurna: Children of Manang


Dec. 20, 2008

When I worked for the newspaper, one of my favorite assignments was to go to the elementary school and take pictures of children. Kids are the greatest and easiest subjects to shoot on film because they are so honest in their expressions. I expressed this sentiment earlier when shooting a scene in a Greek square of children chasing pigeons.

Kids don't try to look good or impress anyone. Even if they do, their innocence shines through.

In Nepal during the frequent power outages that plague this country, sometimes the only electric light is generated from the LCD screen of a tourist's Nikon. Their faces light up in the glow of these contraptions as they look at themselves projected back in the darkness.

Here's a sampling of some of these mountain children in the Buddhist Manang district.
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Anonymous said...

You need to publish a book based on your children's shots. These are fabulous. Diane

December 21, 2008 at 1:48 AM

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