I spent close to two years on assignment in Guatemala covering Central America between 2005 & 2007. I always carried a camera with me and this was in the days before digital when I was still shooting with a Mamiya medium format range finder. Antigua, Guatemala is a beautiful colonial town that I was lucky enough to call home. Whilst beautiful it is very underprivileged and children are often sent out to work at a very young age. Young girls would often wander the streets selling bread. On this particular day, I noticed a young girl looking longingly at the toy shop whilst still balancing the basket of bread on her head. This was a very poignant scene and one I was implored to capture in order to highlight the social issues gripping Guatemala. After taking a few frames and immortalizing the moment I started speaking with the young girl and took her into the shop to buy a toy for her and her younger brother back at home.

Shot on Fuji Provia film stock with no image manipulation.

Highly Commended in the Travel Photographer of the Year competition

No image manipulation

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Edition: 1/1

Size: 6000x5000 @300dpi

Photographer: Jordan Banks