STUDENT: Caterina Fizzano, Second year, full time
ASSIGNMENT: Trip to India with charity group Traditional Healthcare documenting in the village of Datam the people, local life and the efforts being made to building a healthcare clinic.
STUDENT COMMENT: At the start of 2012 I was fortunate enough to follow a small Melbourne based charity group called Traditional Healthcare to India where they are building a healthcare clinic in Datam - a remote village. Coming into second year and wanting as much exposure and experience as possible, I tried to make the most of my time in this amazing place. I wanted to document the groups efforts in creating this facility and treating the locals as well as try to capture the life and activities of the community.
This image was taken at the local weekly markets and the sea of bicycles under the arms of this massive tree grabbed my attention and I had to capture it - even though I was holding people up on the walk back to our village - at mosquito time!.
It was so exciting to be in this space and I hope to continue to be able to do more documentary and travel work of this nature.
I loved the village so much I plan to return next year! I hope to be able to get to more places and get involved with local life and capture more.