A Worthwhile Image

An article by Frank    3 Comments

Here’s an image from Reuters by Photographer/Journalist Damir Sagolj featured in the Guardian’s 24 Hours in Pictures display that they run each day. It speaks volumes.

It’s often easy to glance past images without really taking them in and giving them a second thought. When we do so we miss the rich stories and reflections that they offer us. Take the time to consider this image and think about the following questions.

Why do you think the women pictured was rummaging through a rubbish dump outside Phnom Pehn for plastic? How often does she do it? Does she have a husband, family, children? How we is she surviving? What does her home look like? Where did that ring come from? Is it real gold? What would such a find mean to her? What would such a find mean to you? What does her life say to your life?

It’s an image with a story that tells us something, what is it telling you?