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Contrast in Afghanistan


Contrast in Afghanistan
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Copyright: David Tate (DGTate) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 17] (43)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-04
Categories: Daily Life
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-10-15 9:25
Viewed: 2025
Points: 1
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This Pashtun child is playing in the endless dirt of Afghanistan. Here, the sex of young children is easily identifiable by their clothing: Boys wear earthy tones and girls wear bright, attractive colors. Once girls hit a certain age (around 8 or 9), the colors are less flambouyant and shawls are used to cover their faces to prevent men from lusting after them as they grow into their teen years.
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Very good picture, between tradition and modernity. The composition is smart, may be a small flash fill-in would have been usefull to light the children's face.

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