each time i watch something involving kids, i’m reminded more and more that often they carry no ‘ism’/ preconcept about race, power, status, gender etc. of course they have their own politics and i did experience some bullying in primary school as well but kids forget quickly and i didn’t understand/ take it in back then ~ we were friends the next week or so
the two czech and slovakia films i chose to watch in the film festival also evolve around children characters ~ as soon as they appear on the screen, they got my attention with their purity and non-discrimination
i always make the first move with kids, even if they’re shy, they return with a smile soon enough ~ grow yet keep your pure heart alive
Saigon, 14 Nov 2018
mixed egyptian french kid of my host family in Cambridge in 2010 ~ my first winter in England. good fun book ‘great lies to tell small kids’ from Oxfam charity shop
that Xmas night sitting with my knees held together and my feet close to the wall heater in the room they arranged for me, i felt probably not home-sick of the house i tried to move out from but maybe more home-less after seeing the warm and cosy family with three kids
i visited them again in 2011 on my own and in 2012
one of the series of photos i took of the cute sisters enjoying the shop’s ad banners as their ‘home’ while waiting for their parents i think
i used it for space – place photography project at uni ~ ‘it doesn’t take time for a space to turn into place for kids’
cute siblings with triplet i met on the train ~ we quickly became friends
when i asked for their email to send the photo, their dad reminded them ‘don’t give out your real name’ i haven’t sent them the photo yet, might have left that notebook in london too
breathing & playing 