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...and then she was smiling very shyly when I asked if I could take her photo.
To me this is northern Uganda in one photo; a woman dressed in a mix of kufa ulay and vitenge, on the way to Arua market with green matoke and a kawera with tomatoes from her shamba, a hen and the purse for small change.
Poverty comes in many versions. Never ignore the dignity, pride and beauty - of what we call 'common people' in our policy papers.
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Posted by: ron | Thursday, 18 October 2007 at 12:52 PM
Hi Marie,
The respect thing is easy to forget, pitty is so much easier to fall back on, no matter if you are in DK, UG or USA. Regarding respect you have to make an effort and engage.
I realised that when I take photos it comes all by itself - I like to take photos of colours, shapes, attitudes. Living in Arua - it is all over. I like to believe that presenting people, who pressumably are poor, in a way where they are appearing with self esteem, dignity, pride - just like any other person in the world would have liked to have their photo taken - is worth while.
Posted by: p | Friday, 20 April 2007 at 07:46 AM
Oh... this is excellent. There are so many layers to this photo and all that it means historically and otherwise.
Out of curiosity, how do you feel about one.org?
Posted by: Mzungu Girl | Friday, 20 April 2007 at 07:25 AM
Beautiful photo. And not two weeks ago, nice people suffering from guilt said to me: "How can you stand all the poverty when you go to Africa? Isn't it hard?"
And I reminded them that just because someone is poor does not make them so different, that I don't go to Africa to fix my guilt. Sometimes here in the US we are too focused on pity and not enough on respect.
Posted by: Marie | Friday, 20 April 2007 at 01:48 AM
Thank you, Peter. Just have to remind myself in between! Pernille
Posted by: p | Thursday, 19 April 2007 at 09:26 PM
"Never ignore the dignity, pride and beauty of what we call common people"
Very right. We often forget that. And there is a lot of pride to be had in Uganda!
Beautiful picture too... very typical!
p.
Posted by: Peter | Thursday, 19 April 2007 at 09:06 PM