Not hard to get good shots in Africa.  Took this trip with Chris Wiersma to make some videos for Hands at Work and gather content for the facelessbook.com concept.  There’s just no chance. You see, deep down, if we really accepted that Africans were equal to us, we would all do more to put the fire out. ~Bono  OUCH

Here are my top ten photos:

thumbs up in Congo. (happiness is relative)

It is for these moments.  human one on one.  I urge you to go see it first hand.  through full lenses.

crazy orphans…

the ever-so-fashionable roofless concept.

don’t look them in the eyes.

every one has a story.  every story deserves to be heard.

don’t look in the eyes! (she has no parents, no ID = no ARVs for her AIDS)  - call me lets talk about it. (905 999 9941)

The eyes again.  It’s a human.

moment

seeing the faces behind numbers… again, something powerful about story telling.

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REBECCA TALKING: “Beautiful land, beautiful people… so much brokenness, so much life. It was an incredible experience.
www.handsatwork.org
www.facelessbook.com
Here are my 10 best trip pics…”

An impromptu new hairdo.

An instant friend!

My trash – Her treasure

every kid deserves crayons

a long road…

real life… and death – in Kruger park

giraffes in the long grasses

She was looking for her Mom

Home? – A ‘home’ by this standard would normally mean homeless

A rockslide – making play happen with nothing to play with.

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