djtwistter
Joined: Aug 22, 2006
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Dazed Digital: What an insane project – how did you get involved in actually going out to Nepal and shooting these gangs?
Frankie Nazardo: My initial plan was to go there and explore their lives, basically live on the sidewalks with them and get the 360º experience, living with them and feel the condition, and write about it, as well as taking pictures. But as soon as I got there, I had this contact with a guy called Doc, who’s been helping a lot of children, and he told me that it wasn’t really a good idea, because Kathmandu can be very dodgy at night – they don’t have electricity basically, they have it for eight hours a day, so at night it’s completely dark as well. I didn’t consider this but when you’re working with children, a big issue is paedophilia, so it’s not very good to live with them and sleep in the same place they do, even if it’s on the streets, so I basically just hung out with them during the day and part of the night, but went to a hostel.
http://dazeddigital.com/Photo[....]/1/The_Glue_Gangs_of_Kathmandu
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Posted: 2009-10-02 12:01
