Miles of poor people Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is my last photo for 9 days because I am going to Vietnam as of tomorrow and then Bali for 6 days.

I took this picture in Nagoya city, near Sakae, this high way above, shelters these homeless people. The cardboard boxes seem to go on forever.

But recently I went back and where you see the bicylce, you cant anymore because this section and the one opposite have been barricaded.

In Japan, the homeless people prefer to live under the high ways or in parks, under the blue water proof sheets, this way they can collect lots of cans and put them in a giant plastic bag, having said lots of cans, I mean over 2 to 300 cans per bag. The government have made shelters for these homeless people, but they refuse to move there because if they did, they wouldnt be able to bring the cans in to the premises.

If I take a good picture of a homeless person riding his bike with three giant bags of cans, I will show you. I have also found out that each bag they sell to recycle, they get 1000 yen for it, which is around 7.50 U.S dollars or 5 U.K
Pound.

I hope you like the pic

I have just darkened some areas and adjusted the Hue.

carper, ChrisJ, Galeota, elihesamian, jhm, nwoehnl, Georges, Jeppe, Burnham, jrj, Rinie_Hoff, pamastro, Zanni has marked this note useful

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carper (63877) 2004-06-19 8:03

Very nice Daniel,
I like the angle you took it, and the way you cropped it, very good lines in the photo, with a nice depth, good job

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RGatward (19737) 2004-06-19 8:07

Good crop to illustrate this sad scene. Excellent note, hope you make it with the cycling can collector one day. Have a nice trip.

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Galeota (10329) 2004-06-19 8:25

Misery is the same all over the world. The low crop is well chosen here.

elihesamian (26091) 2004-06-19 11:12

As in all of the world,Great note with this great shot.in fact in factography you did great work here.
Very well seen & noticed(well done!)& very well cropped & composed.
Details are interesting ,And nice for Sca.Hu..,too(I think).
I like it Daniel!

jhm (81589) 2004-06-19 11:54

Beautiful photograph Daniel, a pity for this people here, thanks for this view! Well done!

nwoehnl (118) 2004-06-19 12:56

A good documentary shot, Dan, with a side often hidden in Western societies even though it exists in all of them. The photo has a good depth, and your "panoramic" cropping enhances the message conveyed by your title and note.

Have a good and safe trip!

Georges (11183) 2004-06-19 15:48

Un style de vie que malheuresement a l'heure actuelle se voit de plus en plus ouvent.
La vue panoramique pour englober l'ensemble de la scene a été bien choisi.
Beaucoup de détails sont presents bravo Daniel l'image est reussie est a un grand impact pour ne pas oublier certaines choses essentielles.

waskahegan (0) 2004-06-19 19:16

Sad, very sad and terrible, as far as the picture is concerned it makes its point.

Jeppe (18623) 2004-06-20 3:21

Oh Lucky you - in great contrast to these poor people who lives here - Yes I well look forward to a shot of a giant bag of cans (have seen this kind of shot before) - Remember your camera Dan - have a nice trip and pleasent stay.

yesterday (9787) 2004-06-20 4:46

Good light - contrast and color, speciel picure, I like the format and the great perspective.

ChrisJ (69396) 2004-06-20 5:16

An incongruous sight in wealthy 1st world Japan.

Burnham (2426) 2004-06-20 5:30

have a nice trp Dan, looking forward to seeing the pictures you'll bring home :o) This one is very scary, especially the title and the perspective you chose made it seem really endless. Good work.

jrj (34777) 2004-06-20 6:01

A good ducomentation, but also not so nice story behind. Well done, fine panoramic cropping.
Have some nice days on your travel Dan...

maphoto (8076) 2004-06-20 12:26

Great perspective for this well documented photo, the depth is excellent to illustrate your story, very clear, well seen and good work.
Enjoy your trip.

Rinie_Hoff (9332) 2004-06-20 17:27

Hi Daniel, good documentary picture from you, again.
I like the way you have composed, and how you have managed the light.
I wish you a pleasant journey.

pamastro (7213) 2004-06-21 0:51

It looks familiar. Sights like this under overpasses are common here, also. The makeshift shelters and scraping by on meagre means. It's a sad sight. YOu did a good job capturing it here. Keeping it anonymous but really getting the point across. The bridge supports extending as far as can be seen seem to indicate this scene exists under everyone. So many times over and over. That's how big a problem it is. It's like a community onto itself here. Nicely done and nice reminder of the other side.

joseelias (367) 2004-06-21 8:26

Very interesting note because the image transmited by Japan is of total organization...

But still the homeless people there are more "organized" than here. I guess I never saw a homeless with a bicicle.

Good panoramic format with a nice POV.

dominique (11403) 2004-06-24 5:15

One does not imagine too that in Japan (I did not include/understand this history of can too much, problem of translation) this picture even speaks about it, a good photograph report despite everything, well considering.

Zanni (5885) 2004-06-26 14:13

In Italy a lot of people is in the same sad condition. It is an hard life: often we close both eyes but they exist really. This photo gives honour to all poor people. Thank's for sharing, Daniel.