Portrait of Amon, a deaf child

Nov.22, 2006: Cebu Philippines

Olympus E-1 ,Olympus Zuiko 14-54mm f/2.8-3.5 Digital: 1/250s f/5.0 at 54.0mm iso200

This is my favorite image of Amon, right after I first saw him (his story is posted below)

He's deaf & mute - here he's looking at me after I motioned to him to come over & join us for a simple BBQ lunch (I was buying Lisa & LetLet their daily meals there)

...the image looks into his own thoughts at the time I pressed the shutter:

'who is this person?'
'I'm hungry - will he give me something to eat?'
'I'm hungry, but I'm too shy to approach him'
'Lisa & LetLet are eating with him - did he buy them their meal?'
'I'm hungry & there's only rice to eat - and little else...I don't get many chances to taste chicken...maybe I can join them?'

PJAMES