#davidmauricesmith

David Maurice Smith is a Canadian documentary photographer currently based in Sydney, Australia. His work focuses on marginalized communities and cross-cultural issues. David's work has been recognized in the International Photography Awards, The American Photography Awards, The Anthrophographica Awards, The Head On Portrait prize and in 2013 he was named Australian Emerging Documentary Photographer of the Year. His images have been exhibited at the International Centre for Photography (NYC), The Museum of the City of New York, The State Library of New South Wales and as a part of PHOTOVILLE (NYC), The Reportage Festival, The American Photography Symposium, The Head On Photo Festival and the Ballarat International Foto Biennale.

The Thet Kal Pyin Refugee Camp outside of Sittwe in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is home to thousands of Internally displaced Rohingya Muslims. The camp was established in 2012 after the Rohingya were the target of arson and violence by local Buddhists.

The Rohingya are considered “stateless entities”, as the Myanmar government refuses to recognize them as one of the ethnic groups of the country. They therefore lack legal protection from the Government of Myanmar and face strong hostility from the buddhist majority in the country. They have been described as one of the most persecuted minorities on earth.

The UNHCR estimates that up to 140,000 Rohingya are living displaced in Myanmar while many have fled the country to escape persecution.

I found this photograph really interesting because his photos able to bought us to the situation, we could see how poor are the refugees and how they survived to life. He used natural light at the afternoon to create ambience to bring us the feel of the photograph. I like the composition of this photograph as in the house at the back show us how they life and horizontal line bring more impact to the photograph, also the shadow in the face of the finch also creating a line and a situation.

I like this photographer (David Maurice Smith) because most of his works are using natural light and that's what i'm going to deal with during my major project later on.

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