Mexico: Twins last day of school

Laura and Lucero, 10 year old twins from a small town in Mexico, pause along a mountain trail on their way home from a school graduation party. At times, being a photographer gets in the way of really knowing people. So much of the time I am only an observer and not a participant. I was the proverbial “fly on the wall” as I photographed the girls interacting with the visitors that had come to strip off the rotten cardboard roofing and replace it with new long-lasting panels. While I get touches with a lot of people all over the world, the touches are usually brief and surface. My heart longs for deeper ties.

©Copyright Gary S. Chapman
(Canon 1Ds MarkII, 24-105mm@ 28mm, 1/250 sec, f4.5, ISO 640)

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