at a medical clinic

Very well done, Janet... what's the story behind this?

Spectacular timing on this frame, and excellent lighting and tones. The little girl makes this image what it is.

compelling image....I think its quite nice....

Miles

Thank you!

The story: It was taken in a remote village in the Peten region of Guatemala. I was with missionaries, some who live there and some short-term from the U.S. This was in a village of refugees from the war. The original villagers were slaughtered and these people came in after the war, having been displaced. Many wore dog-tag looking things, indicating they'd had a family member who was lost at that time.

They had *no* water supply and so many were very sick. Missionaries had come through previously and provided cisterns for every hut, about 30, but the witch doctors didn't trust them and removed every one! They don't have water, but they do have witch doctors.

This medical doctor is a very kind man from El Salvador. The clinic took place in the little one-room school that was built for them within the last few years. It was tiny. I must have in my journal, somewhere, how many people were seen and treated that day. A lot! I think I'll show one more picture from the same day... since you asked. )

Another great one. Thanks again

Janet... thanks for the background. I keep coming back to this photograph, it reminds of the painting of Caravaggio or, perhaps, the Italianate Dutch genre painters such as Gerrit von Honthorst. The body language and gestures, the girl looking at the camera, the small boy in the lower right... the glorious light...

This photograph is a lot more than the sum of its parts, Janet! I love photographs that continue to intrigue me like this again and again. You've made a classic documentary photograph, that is also art.

Great image again Janet. Agree with Cheryl on the timing. Wonderful.

Very nice photo, as Suzanne said. I'm surprised about the Witch Doctors. Years ago I spent a fair amount of time in the jungles of Central America (not in Guatemala though), and never ran into one - that I know of anyway.

Lovely image that really speaks

Really beautiful image. What I like is the way each person's gaze and gesture works independently, and yet you can also feel the interconnection between them all. And I like that just the one girl in the middle is looking at the camera (and she is so lovely). The light could not be more perfect.