Like the slideshow I produced for The Chain Reaction Project (TCRP) after last year's Tour de Timor, I am in the process of creating a new presentation that documents the work TCRP did on their most recent philanthropic adventure to Timor-Leste this past June.
It is a tedious task -- culling through the thousands of photographs I made in Timor, and choosing just the right images to tell TCRP's story -- but I do love it. I was up last last night, editing and re-editing my selections and retouching the best pictures for inclusion in my slideshow, which will be completed and presented at TCRP's fund-raising event next Saturday night in Singapore.
As I worked away on my images last evening, I came across this trio of photographs I made at the river bed on the outskirts of Dili. During Timor's dry season, the river bed is quarried for stone and gravel for the many construction projects in and around the capital city. It is quite a sight to behold: dozens and dozens of men shoveling and throwing and sifting dirt and rock from sunrise to sunset.
From the bridge high above the river bed, the scene reminded me of armies of ants toiling away on their ant hills...
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