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the Yi portraits : man


the Yi portraits : man
Photo Information
Copyright: Benny Verbercht (BennyV) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 260 W: 1 N: 281] (1254)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2001-06
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Nikon F-70
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: China 2001
Theme(s): Chinese portraits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-08 13:14
Viewed: 420
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Yi people are an ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 minor ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions.

The Yi speak a Tibeto-Burman language and have their own script. As animists, Yi worship the spirits of ancestors, hills, trees, rocks, water, earth, sky, wind, and forests, but their religion also includes elements from Daoism, shamanism and fetishism

Traditional Yi society was based upon four castes, with the lowest being slaves and the highest rank determined by blood lineage only. In the Liangshan Mountains this system lasted till 1949.

This picture was taken at the market in Xichang, not far from the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region. I spotted a man with a kind of turban. When I asked if I could take his picture, to my surprise he gestured he didn't want this. Then he put his hat on, adjusted his decorative belt...and got back to me: "OK, nów take your picture!". I duly obliged and this is the result. What a wonderful, wonderful man! I hope you like his picture.

analogue picture scanned, no PP, only framed
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  • Morac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 747 W: 150 N: 868] (6563)
  • [2008-05-08 13:41]

Hello Benny,
Very beautiful portrait and very beautiful testimony.
This face is very expressive.
Cordially.
Marc

hi benny,
beautiful portrait. very good dof. tfs.
manoj

Hi Benny,
A really lovely portrait, and his eyes have real depth. Extra praise for taking the photo with film! (and not cheating like I do!)
Thanks fr sharing, and great notes
Regards
Lee

all a story in this glance, nice posed portrait
regards
jo

Intense expression. Very nice portrait.
cheers,
Cristian

Hi Benny, what a fine portrait. The fact that it is a scan brings that almost lost quality from the old days of print. Superb capture,
Cheers,
Enrique

Hi Benny,
Wonderful details on the man's face, wonderful sharpness. The blurred background, the colors look superb.
Best regards. Salvator.

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