Protected, by Ryszard Wierzbicki

While exploring Flores Island I met many local villagers and children. As the island is still not very popular destination in Indonesia among tourists, local rarely meet foreigners in these rural areas. Therefore children, when seeing the Big White Man, are often scared and try to hide somewhere. The photograph shows such a situation, where the father is protected his child from being scared. Besides of that, the local communities are very friendly for visitors. I highly recommend Flores for travelers as a destination in Indonesia.

Award Winner: Photo of the Day | December 10
Award Score: 63 (Value 11, Clarity 12, Composition 16, Style 12, Skill 12)
Photo of the Day Award Category: Candid Photography
Photograph Location: Flores Island, Indonesia

Photographer: Ryszard Wierzbicki (Swindon, United Kingdom) Registered
Ryszard Wierzbicki was born in 1963. Graduated with a Master degree of Social Sciences in Children Care Education from University of Gdańsk in 1992 in Poland. He worked in an orphanage and four other companies, going through positions of Educator, Marketing Specialist and Sales & Marketing Manager in various branches (child care, dentistry, orthodontics and IT). Apart of his regular jobs he continued developing his Scuba Diving qualification resulted of an instructor level in PADI. Emigrated to UK in 2006, from where he started his real traveling & photography experience and exploration of South-East Asia. Volunteering occasionally with Stu and the Kids charity organization of Thai and Burmese Orphans (stuandthekids.org). Established 2 forums for active travelers and photographers named Instant Travelling (instanttravelling.ning.com) and World Around (worldaround.pl) in 2010. Changed an ironed suit and laptop for cargo trousers, hoodie jacket, knapsack and started to manage freely the passion of photography, traveling and scuba diving.

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