Shadow on a Wall, Shanti Nagar Leprosy Hospital, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Bengal, India, 1981
(catalog number 300A-023-20A)

WHILE I was working with Mother Teresa's missions in Calcutta, I heard about her leprosy hospital and colony called Shanti Nagar. I traveled three hours by train to reach it and spent several days there. The place had a calmness and spirituality that was extraordinary. It was a beautiful place.

I took this photograph of a sister being followed by geese late one afternoon. I never saw any boy or his shadow on the wall while taking this picture. This is one of the mysterious and unexplained things that can happen when you are taking pictures.