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Dimensions3648 x 2048
Original file size1.63 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken17-Apr-13 16:34
Date modified17-Apr-13 16:34
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon PowerShot SX10 IS
Focal length7.13 mm
Max lens aperturef/3.2
Exposure1/50 at f/3.2
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto
ISO speedISO 200
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom1x
Panama

Panama

Taken waiting for participants to arrive for a library committee meeting at the newly established community library in Panama. All three women are mothers of local school children and, while waiting for the meeting to start, decided to flip through some of the new books. In this area school is only compulsory and due to financial and transportation challenges many of the children won't graduate high school. Having access to a library gives them a chance to continue their education, albeit informally. It also gives the community adults, like these three women, the chance to read in a place where libraries are virtually non-existent.