Difficult challenging day...visited a leprosy clinic that had 180 people
in it this morning..outside Kathmandu ..then went to another much
smaller clinic with an amazing man named Raj who is 36, a leprosy
survivor (lost most of his fingers)...he had both legs amputated one as a
result of arthritis, another as a result of an accident, to top it all
off he has 2 damaged kidneys and is on dialysis, he expects to only live
a few more years..(he is 36).asked me to make a documentary film on his
life...gave him the $50 dad gave me for his clinic..donated $100
American to the other larger clinic..to top it all off went to a Hindu
temple at night to watch the cremation of bodies...there were like 4
going on and another 2 starting...you could smell the burning bodies and
hair, and you stood amongst the grieving relatives, it was a solemn ceremony, but moving in its complexity and simplicity...to complicated to much to write about, got to get my head around
it all...tomorrow going to photograph slums on the river in the
morning...and brick making in the night, almost out of film maybe for 2
days...but I am here for another 4...
one small boy is blind at the leprosy clinic...will forward his info to larry, if has surgery he might see again...going to forward the info to Larry, maybe he can help the child...
one small boy is blind at the leprosy clinic...will forward his info to larry, if has surgery he might see again...going to forward the info to Larry, maybe he can help the child...
