Samjhana standing by a tree
Samjhana standing by a tree
Betrawati, May 2005
Vote for Tree
Vote for Tree
Betrawati, May 2005
Because not everyone who is eligible to vote may be able to read, political posters include a graphic symbol—a tree, a star, a sickle—so come election day, voters can easily recognize the party they wish to vote for.
Friends by a tree
Friends by a tree
Betrawati
Girl on a swing
Girl on a swing
Betrawati, 2000
Children by a bridge to Tupche
Children by a bridge to Tupche
Betrawati 2000
On the road to Trishuli Bazar lays another bridge to Tupche. More recently built, the planks on this one are uniform pieces of metal grid instead of weathered wooden planks. Near the other side of the bridge lies Tupche’s school.
The vines in the top right of the frame hang down from an enormous tree. Passing the tree you might hear children giggling from someone high in the tree, but be unable to see them for all the vines.
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The tree is a popular place to play.
Some of the giggling children that have climbed up into the tree.
Friends laughing beneath a tree
Friends laughing beneath a tree
Futung, Kathmandu, 2002
I found this group of friends sitting beneath a tree on the top of a Suess-esqe little hill (see panorama below). I asked if I could take their photo and they said yes, but the first photo I snapped, they all looked deadly serious. When I mimed my best impression of their serious faces, they burst into laughter and I took this second shot.
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The tree where I took the photo is on the top of the little hill that, in the photo, is above and a little to the right of the little house-like building on the left. (click to see larger)
And here is a small version of that first photo that I described above.