I've managed to secure lodging with a family of Mayan farmers in the remote Highland region of Guatemala. I will be living and sleeping amongst them observing how they go about their everyday lives; tilling the fields, raising the cattle and chasing the chickens. The aim is to document how people in remote regions live and the everyday hardships they face and how their lives interact with the outside modern world. How have the shifting tides of globalisation affected these people I wonder? Life is a struggle for most of humanity, but why is it a struggle and why should it be the status quo?
Language will be a problem, especially in the highlands, so will need an interpreter. But the fotografs will be the canvass I will use to paint the window that looks into their lives.
Equipment: again as basic as possible, a couple of lenses (50mm prime and 16-35 wide angle) and of course my trusted 'moleskine' journal. An adventure indeed...
"Did i waste it?
not so much i couldn't taste it
life should be fragrant
rooftop to the basement"
(Kite - Bono, U2)
