Can you sense the mix of fear, shame and yet pride?

Instead of showing up on my bicycle I arrived in a car with a fellow photographer. This changed the dynamics completely. Where I am usually received as a traveller with curiosity and kindness, I was now received as a possible threat with mistrust and fear. I was not allowed to take photographs. I stayed around, spent time with them and got to know them better. Slowly trust grew. Eventually, a few allowed me to take their photographs.