Betty Press: I Am Because We Are "When a child behaves like an adult he sees what an adult sees." African proverb I was on assignment to document famine in war-torn southern Sudan. It was a very difficult time for the people but the children always made the best of the situation. This young boy cleverly got my attention by imitating me, the photographer. Southern Sudan, 1993

Betty Press: I Am Because We Are

"When a child behaves like an adult he sees what an adult sees." African proverb

I was on assignment to document famine in war-torn southern Sudan. It was a very difficult time for the people but the children always made the best of the situation. This young boy cleverly got my attention by imitating me, the photographer. Southern Sudan, 1993

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