I was photographing people around when an English woman stopped me and told to go and visit a wooden house and look for a lovely little girl there. It was a bit weird why she was giving me this info, but I felt I had to follow her advice. The moment I entered in a big room where some women were sewing in a very traditional way, a little girl almost jumped on my way with a happy smile. It was like she was waiting for me for a long time. It was like the sun rising in the morning. Her mother, a worker in this lotus and silk traditional factory, put her on a big table on the side, that was looking more as a theater scene. She danced for me almost for 15 minutes, radiating a happiness that you could rarely find. Photographing her it was not anymore my thing. I was just looking at her joy and let myself enter into her world. When it was the time for me to leave, she felt and she stopped, I grabbed the camera and make her some photos. That joy or that innocence from her eyes is difficult to be forgotten.
This little guy was the boy of a man who was selling all sort of touristic things. You could have easily notice that they were struggling with their daily life. However, this little boy was playing on a smartphone. Probably they had one for the entire family, but nevertheless you couldn’t pass without seeing the discrepancy.
We have found this old lady almost waiting for us. She lead us to an ancient place and took a sit. Although she was wearing a broken shirt on the back and her wrinkles were showing her age, she revealed an incredible beautiful smile with no retention. A smile coming from the heart. She was feeling like a star and she was actually one. Her happy mood was contagious. What an incredible lady!
