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Poverty Smile

We went to the house of a spice producing family for a documentary shoot. Spice production is the most important source of income for people in Zanzibar. Still, their poverty is deep, and although the children's faces are smiling, of course the adults' faces are not.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2021
Date Uploaded: 09.2023
Photo Location: Tanzania
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Copyright: © Eren Aybars Arpacik