SIGNS AND VOICES

Last summer I was lucky enough to collaborate with Maia Ruth Lee, an artist from Nepal and Korea on a photo workshop outside of Kathmandu. We lived at a school for rescued street kids for four days. Five children selected from the rescue school and five deaf children, who came from another school, attended the four-day workshop. Within five minutes the kids saw a poisonous snake, bashed it with a shovel, and threw it out in a field. I knew it would be an interesting four days! At the end everyone cried. 'Twas awesome. Thanks to everyone involved in this project and a special thanks to Peter Chung.

All of the photos were taken by the kids. Signs and Voices, a book of the work, was published by Book Club and is available at Creatures of Comfort or Dashwood Books. All proceeds will pay for the next workshop.

Video by Alice Wellum and Peter Sutherland

PETER SUTHERLAND