Another Favourite Photo

Another one of my favourite pics from India. This small village boy carried this bird around with him everywhere. Every so often he would wrap it in the rags that hung around his neck.

A busy few months ahead

The good news is that I'm booked all the way through June 16th doing commercial work for Loblaws. This means that I can also spend some time trying to get my leprosy photos out there and working on developing the project further. I came across a book on the last leprosarium ("Carville")in the U.S., which surprisingly did not close until 1999 after more than 100 years in operation. The remaining patients were released back into society. I think it would make an incredible story to find these patients and photograph them.

One of my favourite pics

One of my favourite pictures from India. A proud father cradles his daughter in his lap while she sleeps. The picture was taken in a slum in the city of Bhubaneswar in the state of Orissa.

New Stories

I've put up some new photo-stories that can be linked through my website at www.johnhasyn.com. If interested, I have also included a 1000 word text article on leprosy to accompany the photographs.

A Week of Recovery

I've spent the last week recovering from my trip. After a month of successfully avoiding sickness, I managed to get sick on my last night in Delhi. It made for a very long journey home and then I went down with a cold. Needless to say, my week has been long and tiring. However, I managed to build a completely new website that will be totally dedicated to photo-stories. It will be linked to my main website any day now. I've put up 6 photo-stories, including some from my recent trip. If you want a sneak preview, go to www.johnhasynstories.websiteanimal.com or just wait until it's linked on my main website. Next week will be busy with 3 days of commercial shooting for Loblaws.