Kilimanjaro Princess

During my Africa trip a few years ago, I was lucky enough to spend a week in a small village on the slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro. On one of my explorations of the mountain, I came across this little girl. Her name, I learned later, was Salah. My friend Bob was speaking to her mother at the time this image was captured. She is staring at Bob, as I am pretty sure she had never seen a white person before. I just loved the expression on her face. Her cloths were dirty and worn, but she was just so beautiful. Salah lived with  her mother and siblings in a small mud hut. After I returned to the states, I printed an image and mailed it to my friend Bob. He found them again and gave her mother this image.

This image was taken with a very old Sony camera. At the time, I did not have professional quality equipment. I thought that it turned out pretty well however. I think it works by virtue of the subject and not so much on the quality of the image. 

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F717

f3.2

1/125s

ISO 100