Lava gushes from the southern side crater of Mt. Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, near Catania, southern Italy Sicily, early Tuesday, May 25, 2021. (Photo by Salvatore Allegra/AP Photo)
A cat stretches on top of dried seafood in a shop in the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong on August 7, 2020. International Cat Day, celebrated on August 8, is a day to raise awareness for cats and learn about ways to help and protect them. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP Photo)
Police officers in action during the eviction of the “Liebig 34” squat, at Friedrichshain district in Berlin, Germany, 09 October 2020. A local court ruled in favor of the eviction of the self-declared “anarcha-queer feminist” house project at Liebig street 34 in June 2020. The house project is considered a stronghold of the left-wing scene in the German capital. (Photo by Filip Singer/EPA/EFE)
People search for shells on a beach in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 17 September 2020. International Coastal Cleanup Day is observed annually on the third Saturday of September and will occur on 19 September this year. (Photo by Nyunt Win/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
A GDR Trabant car drives through the city during the local coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Dresden, Germany, December 14, 2020. (Photo by Matthias Rietschel/Reuters)
A shopper gets caught in a heavy downpour of rain on Oxford Street, London on June 27, 2020, as sunshine and showers are forecast for much of England and Wales on Saturday, with temperatures expected to hover around 22°C (71.6F). (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)
Elsa, Dolly, Jeanie, Vince, Titch and Bailey savour seaside smells at Reculver Towers and Roman Fort, Kent, United Kingdom on February 23, 2021. The southeast of England will be warm again. (Photo by Liz Gregg/Triangle News)
A YouTube video of a chainsmoking Indonesian toddler inspired me to create this series, "Smoking Kids". The video highlighted the cultural differences between the east and west, and questioned notions of smoking being a mainly adult activity. Adult smokers are the societal norm, so I wanted to isolate the viewer's focus upon the issue of smoking itself. I felt that children smoking would have a surreal impact upon the viewer and compel them to truly see the acts of smoking rather than making assumptions about the person doing the act. ... ~Frieke Janssen