KIDS WITH CAMERAS

Zana Briski, booksigning at the Photoplus fair in New York. Earlier in the day she held a seminar about her project "Born into Brothels" that has helped save kids in Cacuttas red light district from an uncertain future in the streets.

Her project touched me deeply and I wish I had the strength and willpower to do something like that.
Now she has started "Kids with Cameras".

"Kids with Cameras is a non-profit organization that teaches the art of photography to marginalized children in communities around the world. We use photography to capture the imaginations of children, to empower them, building confidence, self-esteem and hope."
website: www.kids-with-cameras.org

On this website you can read about the kids from Calcutta and how you can contribute to the project.
One of the children a little girl called Shanti , 11 at the time says this about Zana.

Shanti, 11

"Zana Auntie teaches us so well that everything goes into our brain. We like doing photography so much that we forget to do our work!"

This is a presentation of Shanti on the website.

Shanti, 11, lives with her brother, Manik and their mother. She likes to photograph her family, but she like to use a video camera even more. Shanti filmed one of the classroom scenes in Born into Brothels.
Hope you visit their website.
www.kids-with-cameras.org

JM

TENNIS ART

Thai tennis artist Paradorn Srichaphan was down one set against Davide Sanguinetti in the semifinal of the Stockholm Open.
The Thai got his game together, jumped over the players bench, and with an array of precise shots worthy a tennis artist eased past the Italian into the final.
WELL DONE PARADORN.....
The Thai community of Stockholm will all be cheering you on tomorrow!

SU SHI ME ? NO WAY!!!!

Riktiga färskingar fick vi serverade på sushibaren i Wien. Den här på bilden ovan var dock hal som en ål att få upp med pinnar på risbädd...
Nej , vi tog istället och beställde en" sushibåt" för två som visade sig bestå av dryga femtiotalet bitar nigiri , sashimi, och maki, alla utlagda som ett färggrant konstverk på trädäcket till en fiskeskuta....

Sushibåt för 2 personer 26 Euro

Name:	Fujiyama
Address:	Schulerstraße 13, 1010 Wien/Vienna
Phone:	(01) 512-8669
Fax:	(01) 512-8669
Opened:	Daily 11am-11:30pm
Reviews:	"Nice restaurant with many different meals. Good sushi, but also other good meals. I can recommand the Bento-boxes there!"
	- Megumi-chan (megumi@firemail.de) [June 25th 2000]
	"I ate there in April 2002 and found the food to be very good. Service was adequate and atmosphere was quite good. "
	- Stephen Grayston (garyston@shindoryu.org) [February 13th 2003]

VIENNA HOTEL

This excellent hotel in Vienna 5 star.... should be at least 6...
You just can´t wait to cuddle the large soft pillows ,take a drink from the FREE minibar...or just enjoy details such as
the bowl formed as a human hand, the different colored soft lighting in the room or the very cooly hidden light
inside the hangerbar of the closet!!!
Enjoy... you don't really want to go out sightseeing...

The Meridien on Opernring 13 , A-1010, Vienna, Austria.
phone +43 (0) 1588 90 0 fax +43 (0) 1 588 90 9090 website: vienna.lemeridien.com
Rates approx 300 Euros a night....but check the site for specials.