*in kalmunai, on the east coast of sri lanka. the lady is a newly trained gis specialist and is holding a mobile phone as one symbol for her bridging traditions and the “modern” world. kalmunai is a town where islam values are held very high – in general it is a really patriarchal society. having managed to aquire above average education and balancing it with her life of a mother is what i admire in her.
* gis is shorthand notation for geographical information system
This is an excellent photo-journalistic shot here. Well done.
Her facial expression is really… focused, I’d say. Great capture of a teacher-student situation! And your text provides just the necessary background information to make the photo really “photo-journalistic” as Laurie put it.