Vanessa Hollander and Wilson Philippe are two clever teenagers who love photography and dream to someday travel all corners of the world, meet awesome people and document their adventures. They are off to a great start with their new video: Mongolia. Armed with Polaroid cameras, the two went on a 10 day motorcycle tour, delivering the gift of instant images to the remote people of the country. The families they visited were delighted to have their pictures taken and made sure to dress up for the occasion. The teens say:
“Each person photographed really prized and protected his or her polaroid (fearing that we wanted to keep it), and barely let us see it when it was developed! The children automatically stored it away once we showed them what was the very first picture of themselves. It was a really great and humbling experience and showed us how much just one photograph can mean to people who have never had one of themselves. Although many people claim they want to escape this mess of technology in more delevoped countries, we often tend to take the beauty of some technology, such as photography, for granted.”
