A large part of my last two weeks has been spent photographing the Fort Wayne Burmese community. It has been some of the most fascinating time that I have spent since starting work here 10 years ago. I hope these photos serve as a proper introduction to some very captivating people. It cannot be easy to be Burmese and live in Fort Wayne. Perhaps it would be little different in most Midwestern cities.
People talk too fast.
Questions are met with impatience, if not intolerance. A fresh start isn't necessarily an easy one. You won't hear complaints from them though. Families, posessions, the very homeland they fought for. What they do talk about is freedom and democracy.