I photographed this pretty village girl while doing a photojournalism assignment in a village in the Sabaragamuwa province. She belongs to a farming family, and her daily chores including milking the cow, fetching and cutting firewood, cooking, fetching water from the well, tending to the paddy field and vegetable plots and, as can be seen in this photograph, ironing with a heavy iron. Her home had no electricity and the Petromax lamp used for lighting at night can be seen in the background. In the 1990s, the world around her was expanding, but she had no access to modern amenities. Despite this, and despite her evident poverty, she was extremely positive, hard working and looked forward to a better life.
Camera: Canon FTb Lens Canon FD 28mm film Fuji neopan SS100
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