High Society Photo

Photographer’s Note

Taken at the rooftop restaurant of the Dembell Mall at Bole Road in Addis Abeba. Bole road is the road which goes to the Airport. The Southeastern suburbs of Ethiopia's capital house its upper class.

Like many other african countries, people who are connected to the government benefit from business permits which allow them to become wealthy.

A case in point: There is a lack of construction materials in the country, but apperently only two cement factories.

The government owned one its not working, and the one in Mekele is owned by someone with government connections. So why is there no other Cement factory in the country??

You are free to answer the question yourselves.

sabyasachi1212, rbeckerb, arjun_das, A310 has marked this note useful

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paprika-jancsi (1957) 2006-09-11 14:06

Well caught, well composed the mood created by the twilight is memorable.

JasPahal (336) 2006-09-11 14:49

Hey Daniel,

I like the title of your pic; however I think that the sky looks overexposed, and the subject matter underexposed.. It's not really working for me.. Interesting note as well, and the frame is good too. Thanks for sharing

Jas

don_narayan (2014) 2006-09-11 16:58

Hola Daniel. No creo que el cielo parece "pver-exposed", mas que parece contaminado. Me gusta mucha esta escena, tranquilo, afluente... un contraste al otro lado del pais, lo del pobre, sucio. bien hecho.

narayan

barrufeto_77 (25817) 2006-09-12 4:46

Hola Daniel.

Lo único que no me convence quizás es el fondo de la foto. La composición, por eso, buenísima para mi gusto.

Un saludo, Oscar

sabyasachi1212 (19546) 2006-09-12 5:53

Hi Daniel,
Excellent picture backed up by a very topical note. The gap between the 'haves' and the 'have nots', the rich and the poor are widening everyday in these third world countries. While the couple (obviously well off) is sipping coffee, down the streets there are probably hundreds struggling to make both ends meet.
Thanks for sharing
With Greetings from India
Sabyasachi

rbeckerb (167) 2006-09-12 7:21

Daniel,
Tu comentario tan acertado de lo que encontramos en países del tercer mundo, en paises donde los gobiernos se tornan totalitarios siendo la repuesta a tu pregunta siempre la misma: para quedarse en el poder hay que pagar y como pagan....bueno con prebendas.
Rolf
PS se me olvidó el comentario de la foto, esta puede ser en cualquier país tercermundista.

arjun_das (1850) 2006-09-22 7:59

excellent capture of an intimate moment of the couple. good pov and framing. tfs.

regards,
arjun

Polonaise (5636) 2006-09-28 7:23

The whole world is obviously missing this kind of pictures from 'those'countries.
Why obviously?
If we send food for them to salve their dying children, WITHOUT naming the problem properly, we are only creating more and more problems.
Isn't that obvious?
So here is the proper name for the problem:
Parents in Etiopia are kiling their own kids!!!!
Let's repeat that over and over from every tribune of the world. It won't cost us nothing.
3-4 years from now, there won't be any dying children in Etiopia!
Eh,dream...Just the dream...
g.

tmr..