# Karen Padaung Girl Portrait

- By: Diliff
- Date: 2004-06-15
- Classification: Photograph
- Credit line: picture taken by author
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karen_Padaung_Girl_Portrait.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/6/6e/Karen_Padaung_Girl_Portrait.jpg/1920px-Karen_Padaung_Girl_Portrait.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This is an image I photographed at a refugee camp in Northern Thailand of a young Kayan (or Padaung) hilltribe girl from Myanmar. I didn't originally intend to photograph her as I didn't want to appear insensitive and touristy. I tried to communicate with smiles and hand signals but her expression never wavered. She looked quite unhappy and at that point, I felt I had to capture this emotion. I took this photo with a Canon 10D and 17-40mm f/4L lens in June 2004.