Sebastian
Photographie par Adam Docker (Royaume-Uni)

I was riding a motorbike around the East and South coast of Sri Lanka. %0km north of Colombo I stopped off at a remote beach. It was deserted and the waves were crashing against the sand creating interesting waves. I was taking pictures of the waves when in the distance I saw this figure walk towards me. It was like a scene from Lawrence of Arabia. Eventually Sebastian walked up to me, he was curious what I was doing. He was picking up litter. He didn't say much. I asked if I could take his photo and he posed for me. I had to move him around as he didn't understand what I was saying. I tried to move him in front of the waves, but then a big one would come along and we'd both scarper, trying not to get wet. After the fifth or sixth time of trying, I got the shot that I wanted.

I met Sebastian on a remote beach about 50km north of Colombo. He was picking up litter. The only words of English he had was ‘what's your name' and ‘i have no mother and no father'.
That really struck me.

Fuji GFX50r

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