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Postcard from Ethiopia
By Rachita Castelino The Other Side of Photography Selam! Today is quite a contrast to yesterday. Yesterday we spent the whole day out in the field and today we stayed inside focusing on editing and writing captions for our photos. This is perhaps the less glamorous side of photography (but just as important) and one [...]
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Postcard from Ethiopia
By Rachita Castelino A Perspective Far From Home Kia Ora! Today, I woke up really early at around 5:30am to be on time for my trip to see an orphan’s life for a day……we ended up being half an hour late because breakfast ran a bit late for the others. I didn’t know what to [...]
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Postcard from Ethiopia
By Rachita Castelino ‘Open your eyes, open your hearts’ – Reza Selam (‘hello’ in Amharic, Ethiopia’s national language)! So much has happened in the short time that I’ve been in Ethiopia, that it’s hard to choose what to write about! But probably the two experiences that struck me the most are a visit to a [...]
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Postcard from Ethiopia
Auckland teenager Rachita Castelino, 16, is one of just six young people in the world to win a UNICEF/ World Photography Organisation award, sponsored by Sony. The prize was to travel to Ethiopia for tuition with the acclaimed photographer, teacher and philanthropist Reza. Whilst there, Rachita had a chance to visit UNICEF projects. She also [...]
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Postcard from Ethiopia