As a tuk-tuk driver, Moe Wai feels that he has honed both his observational and people skills. Wai lives and works in Myin Ka Par, a village in Myanmar, and became interested in mobile photography several years ago. In this instance, he used his phone to capture this gaggle of local children as they were returning home from school.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were playing on a sandbank with their\u00a0own plastic bottles,\u201d Wai recalls. He\u2019d been collating props for some time; bottles and hoops he had painted in a variety of colours, including neon pink. \u201cThe children were happy to let me replace theirs with my own colourful ones for the purpose of this photo.\u201d He later applied some minor edits using the Lightroom app.<\/p>\n
Wai says their village is \u201cgenerally considered a relatively safe environment for\u00a0children. It\u2019s a\u00a0close-knit community where families tend to\u00a0know one another, and outdoor play is a\u00a0regular part of daily life. Despite challenges, there is a\u00a0strong sense of\u00a0care among\u00a0residents.\u201d<\/p>\n
While he didn\u2019t play\u00a0on this beach himself, Wai recalls taking part in \u201csimilar improvised games\u201d in\u00a0his own childhood. \u201cWe used whatever materials were at hand to invent new ways to play. This image evokes memories of carefree afternoons spent outdoors, and the shared sense of imagination that defines childhood everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three girls and five boys he photographed were thrilled to see the result, Wai says. \u201cThey were delighted, laughing, pointing, and excited to\u00a0recognise themselves in such bright colours. That moment of connection was one of the most rewarding parts of the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As a tuk-tuk driver, Moe Wai feels that he has honed both his observational and people skills. Wai…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-388926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}