Some cool culture images:
Culture Clash
Image by Roger Smith
This young woman was participating in a International Culture booth for Rotary International at the Cotton District Arts Festival in Starkville, Mississippi. When she thought no one was looking, she was sending text messages on her cell phone.
She would hide the phone when others came near. I had to take this shot from across the street through a heavy crowd so she wouldn’t see me taking it and put the phone away.
Her dress was beautiful, I should have asked where she was from (Turkish, maybe?). I loved the contrast of the traditional ethnic dress, the cell phone, and even the sign for San Miguel Beer, which, despite its name is apparently brewed in Hong King by a Philippino company.
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