Children of the jungle Photo

Photographer’s Note

Children living in a traditional longhouse in Belaga village in a remote part of the Borneo jungle. From a journey to Sarawak state in 1976.
Scanned from an Ilford FP4 negative.

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fanni (8889) 2009-08-27 3:37

Hej Gert,
as usual, the same "traditional" question: what has become of these children since that time? I'd like to think that their life is good now. But who knows...?
Very good capture presenting an example of daily life and a bit of the local "architecture".
The children don't seem to bother about a foreign photographer taking a photo of them. At a quick glance, it may seem that only one girl seems to have paid attention to you, but it appears that she's looking in a different direction..
I wonder how close you were to them when taking the photo.
Kindest regards,
Elena

ajayrawat (268) 2009-08-27 3:59

Fabulous Picture, looks great with black/white.

feather (50168) 2009-08-27 5:55

I bet little has changed here in the 33 years since you took this image. They were probably totally unaware they were living a hard life. I imagine you are having a wonderful nostalgia trip as you browse your negatives for scanning.
Kath

saxo042 (16316) 2009-08-27 12:37

Hej Gert,
I sat for a long time and looked at the thumbprint here, just to contemplate the compositione here, not looking at any details. This picture seems to be an example of the perfect thirds! The bottom part, being one third of the picture, is divided into exact thirds by the poles here! I didn´t know that you knew of this famous rule, so many years ago... Well, then I looked at the details and there are many fine things to say about those as well, but that has already been said by others here.
Kind regards
Gunnar

nirvana73 (8848) 2009-08-27 22:50

Hello Gert
dramatic scene from Belaga
good b/w colors and scanned
thanks for sharing and explanations
best regards
Özhan

emka (22389) 2009-08-28 0:54

Hi Gert, Typical house, like the ones in Cambodia or laos. It seemed to me that to build it you do not need much time. Nice baskets , maybe for fish? Nice kids. More than thirty years passed. How the village looks like now? I suppose it did not changed much. The girl has probably grandchildren by now.

Thanks for sharing

Malgorzata

John_F_Kennedy (32032) 2009-08-28 3:03

Hello Gert,
A storytelling image. Gives a very good impression. I like it.
Best wishes,
Achim

Cricri (43790) 2009-08-28 11:52

Hi Gert
Une belle image des enfants de la jungle, un bon choix du N/B de cette image viele de 33ans qui doit laisser des souvenirs....
Friendship
cricri

bukitgolfb301 (5021) 2009-08-29 17:29

Hello my dear Gert

What an another precious documentary shot!
Good composition and Shutter chance is also nice.
Above all this is a precious shot as record!
Thanks for sharing and best regards,
Have a nice Sunday !
Takero

serp2000 (9733) 2009-09-02 4:41

Hej,Gert,
I am admired by your photojob again. The excellent reporting shot!
Most likely, these people both live today here ,and already their children stand on this stage.
Serghei

daddo (11567) 2009-09-02 17:27

Nic eone. I suppose now it's an anthropological shot. Still, there are people living like this among the aboriginal tribes, plus the satellite dish.What i like about these traditional houses is how cool they are inside. Regards. Klaudio.

wolf38 (13087) 2009-09-05 8:15

Hello Gert. It is impressing to see old black-and-white photos. The motives are the same as today. Nevertheless the old photos have their attraction. The children are long adults. Altogether aworth seeing documentary photo. Regards, Wolfgang.

Waylim (11159) 2009-09-30 20:12

Hello Gert,
Ah, another classic from the good old days, thanks for making an effort to share some of these with us.
This is depiction of the way life use to be and still is somewhere, living in such poor condition. Great quality for a scan. My complements.
Way

ninaL (19592) 2009-10-14 15:06

Great large scene of daily life.
I like it.
Maybe-if this photo were mine-I would crop the top of this wooden house.
Best regards. Grazyna.

figenya (1651) 2009-11-04 14:54

Hi Gert,

Really good shot, I would like to be there and have a shot of the girl sitting at the door. She has got an incredible look

thanks for sharing

regards

figen