\nHappy Thanksgiving to all. I hope you’re enjoying time with family and friends. Today is a day to reflect upon all that we are thankful for.\u00a0 In that spirit, I would like to share with you a short video on the subject of giving, and the subject of thanks.<\/p>\n
As photographers we all know the importance of sight but often times we take our sight for granted.<\/p>\n
Many people in this modern world who’s eyesight is deteriorating due to age or disease can’t afford something as simple and inexpensive as a pair of reading glasses, and therefore wouldn’t be able to read this text even if they had a computer and access to the internet.<\/p>\n
While touring the countryside our photography group came across a small village near our tented camp in rural Rajasthan.\u00a0 Carl Valiquet, one of the tour group members, took a photograph of an elderly man and then turned his digital camera around to show the man his image. The man shrugged his shoulders, signaling to Carl that he couldn’t see his image on the small LCD screen. \u00a0 Instinctively, Carl took off his reading glasses and handed them to the elderly man, immediately a smile emerged on the man’s face as he was able to clearly see his photograph.<\/p>\n
Unable to speak English, the man tried through sign language, to make Carl understand that he wanted to keep the glasses.\u00a0 Unfortunately Carl couldn’t give the man his only pair of prescription glasses.<\/p>\n
We bid farewell to the man and his village and headed back to our camp. On the ride home, another tour group member, Lisa, heard Carl’s story about the man who needed glasses and quickly volunteered to give an extra pair of reading glasses that she had brought.\u00a0 We decided to return to the same village the next day and give the elderly man, Lisa’s pair of spare glasses.<\/p>\n
What follows is a short video of Carl, presenting the reading glasses to the elderly man.\u00a0 No translation is necessary. Enjoy, and happy Thanksgiving to all.<\/p>\n