CANDACE SCHARSU PHOTOGRAPHY
Globalization and tourism has tragically transmogrified the Black Hmong people into tourist guides and street hawkers.
-- Candace Scharsu, Sapa, North Vietnam (Chinese border) 1993
Hand-pulled rickshaws aren't relics of colonialism, but the best transport during the Monsoon, when even the governor uses them. Banning them on humanitarian grounds to comply with the attitudes of Western investment and development executives is unconscionable. It will put nearly 6,000 of India's poorest out of work, without a substitute for making a living; and a cultural and historical part of the fabric of this unique, vibrant city will be lost.
-- Candace Scharsu, Calcutta, India
In 1950 the majestic and spirtual country of Tibet was invaded by China claiming sovereignty over it, while the world took a pass on Human rights, and gave lip service in its defense. -- Candace Scharsu, Tibetan Monastery
Concerned Photo Essays: Bushmeat 2014 Sudan: Mundari Wrestlers 2012 Independence South Sudan 2011 Lord Kony in Eastern Congo 2008
Lord Kony in Northern Uganda Blood Diamond War Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Cholera Epidemic in Guinea 2007 Haiti Karamojong Warriors Leprosy in Zambia Malaria Midwives in Africa 2008
Pygmies of Central Africa Republic of Congo Tibet, Vietnam, India The Tuaregs of Niger
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