First Australian Photo

Photographer’s Note

Alice Springs is a town in the heart of Australia. It is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of square miles of the Central Australian Desert. Many of the residents are aboriginal Australians This man was part of a group that were drinking hooch in a side street. They had come into town from a settlement in the desert.They welcomed me because I am Irish and their priest and the nuns, who help them are Irish. They came to town for fun, they said, by that I understood that they meant, to drink alcohol, because alcohol is illegal in the aboriginal communities.Sleeping on the pavements, drunk, dirty and desolate that made a pathetic picture.The Australian government and people try hard to help them, but they have suffered much since European colonialization of their country.It is sad to think that this man belongs to one of the most ancient civilizations on the face of the earth.

mauricet, ALIRIZA, ribeiroantonio, axiotea, papagolf21, adores, thrudur84 has marked this note useful

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orica77 (149) 2008-11-07 8:20 [Comment]

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ALIRIZA (16197) 2008-11-07 8:59

Hi Kevin,
What can I say more? Great POV and marvelous portrait of this man with good deatils and impressive expression. Well done my dear friend...
Have a nice weekend...
Ali Rıza

Morac (20421) 2008-11-07 11:15

Bonsoir Kévin,

Cette photo me fait penser à Klaus Kinski dans le superbe film de Werner Herzog : Aguirre, la colère de Dieu.

Bon weekend
Marc

foibles3 (1050) 2008-11-07 11:43

Wow! Fabulous portrait and terrific comments. The tight shot and great focusing make this a memorable image.
Cheers!
David

ribeiroantonio (21917) 2008-11-07 19:34

It is an excellent portrait with a fantastic light and very sharp. Your note tells about a sad story unfortunately, common in all former British colonies. The only minor thing is that the DOF seems a bit odd.
Antonio

axiotea (16107) 2008-11-08 4:58

Hello Kevin
For a split second, I thought you've taken the portrait of A.Schwarzenegger acting as a prisoner ;)
You've caught a strong expression! Without reading your note I could read on the man face all the suffering, he and his people have been going through!!Not so many of the natives are left! I wonder how the government is pretending to help them?
Cheers
Marilyn

papagolf21 (56367) 2008-11-08 11:34

Bonsoir, cher ami Kevin,
Le portrait est excellent ainsi que la note ! Voilà encore l'intérêt de TE (apprendre par l'image et les notes).
Le personnage est typé, impressionnant, et inquiétant (peut-être est-ce la présence d'une tête de mort sur son bonnet qui accentue cet effet).
Merci et bravo !
Amitiés.
Philippe

Senk (2033) 2008-11-08 18:17

Hi Lung
wow this is very good portrait and feeling ,, well done

Best wish

Seng

zgrywus (39) 2008-11-08 23:59

oh god! it's so good, i can't describe it! just THE masterpiece!!!

SIMPLY GREAT JOB ! ! !

Regards,
Pawel

zesopol (284) 2008-11-10 14:50

Very good shot, composition and great expression of the man.
Long life Aboriginal!

regards,
Ze'sopol from Timor-Leste

adores (15527) 2008-11-12 17:09

Hi Kevin!
Great portrait for such a sad note! You captured his expression very well and I like the detail on his cap. Guess it's not very common to see their photos here. Well framed with good light.

fkokol (1614) 2008-11-13 3:47