johnmflores

Tag: Philippines

  • Which way do we go?

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    Don’t throw away your old photos. Put them in a shoebox and stick them in the basement. Or put them on a hard drive and stick the drive in your safety deposit box. Just don’t throw them away. One day you’ll open up the dusty old box and find a photo that you didn’t think…

  • Mother and Child

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    Mother and Child, originally uploaded by john m flores. Took this photo 13 years ago, the only shot where this poor little girl is looking right at me and the camera. Seeing her look at me through the years gives me chills. I wonder where she is?

  • 1997 PAGES Medical Mission – more waiting

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    1997 PAGES Medical Mission – more waiting, originally uploaded by john m flores. Do the math – 120-130 operations in a week is about 17-18 operations a day. For each patient there are 2 or more family members, resulting in a lot of people waiting for their turn. For those lucky enough to go first,…

  • 1997 PAGES Medical Mission – Family Waits

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    1997 PAGES Medical Mission – Family Waits, originally uploaded by john m flores. So the families come, hoping to be admitted so that their child’s cleft lip or cleft palate can be addressed. And they wait for their turn to speak with the nurses, to be seen by a doctor, for their chance. Cleft lip…

  • 1997 PAGES Medical Mission – Tricycle Transport

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    1997 PAGES Medical Mission – Tricycle Transport, originally uploaded by john m flores. This how many arrive – parents, siblings and other family members with their children – on heavy steel sidecars attached to ancient small displacement 2-stroke motorcycles that fill the air with oil and high-pitched squeals. Tricycles, they call them, and they are…