Children are some of the most interesting and vibrant portraits I’ve shot over the years. Never still, curious, unpredictable, amazing facial expressions and simply delightful. They also love cameras.

Poon Hill to Chomrong trek, Annapurna, Nepal

Segou, Mali

“It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”
Hubert H. Humphrey

Always curious – the best way to find out if they bite is to stick your finger in. Yabby racing, Charleville, Queensland

Young girls from the countryside that had come in with their parents to see the Potala and the Jokhang. Lhasa, Tibet.

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
Napoleon Hill

A monk at a monastery near Mandalay, Myanmar

Kids in Hatobuilico, East Timor

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Pablo Picasso

These kids were still able to smile despite having just gone through an earthquake, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Fishing off Loloata island, Papua New Guinea

” Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”
Abdul Kalam

Watermelon kids – the 2010 Chinchilla Melon Fest, Australia

A grandfather’s love in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.”
Henry Ward Beecher

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