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Gimme
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Copyright: An Verlaan (Cuba-Junky) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 279 W: 157 N: 512] (2785)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-09
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Canon EOS 300
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-03-13 11:36
Viewed: 1017
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch]
The lady wanted money ... I gave her a sigaret which was fine too she said. After this I took this picture and she got mad, really mad because she wanted (again) money. The police had to come to take this yelling woman away from me.
Life is tough in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil
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  • sufi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1778 W: 187 N: 1553] (9472)
  • [2006-03-13 11:40]

Hello An...
It's a very heart rending photograph... Great composition and perfect shot...
TFS..
Salim.

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  • lukas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 421 W: 62 N: 282] (1986)
  • [2006-03-13 11:56]

Mooie foto An, en dit voor een nieuwkomer op TE.
Schitterende expressie en mooie scherptediepte.
Ook een leuk verhaal bij de foto.
Welkom op TE.

Hoi An
Welkom op TE. Een interessante eerste foto met een dramatisch verhaal. Misschien moet je de vrouw iets minder centraal plaatsen, dan wordt het beeld nog sprekender.
Heel veel succes,plezier en inspiratie op TE.
greoten Albrecht

Life is tough in 90 per 100 of the countries ans specially in all America Latina whose veins are bleeding for centuaries ...Salvador is such a wonderful place and it drives me to Caetano, Joâo Gilberto , Maria Bethánia and many ...And yes it is a constant in the trips , watching the foreigner traveller as a dollar with legs ...i think giving some brazilian reais coins is not the solution ...The picture is so good and it is sad the police goes to these people and not to the others who burn and deforest woods ...

hello, exellent moment, her face wowo, nice shot An:) great POV and colours, maybe bit out of the focuse but I like it
kiss

She mightn't have been delighted, but you definitely captured her expression well. A very vivid and real portrait of life in those parts. Good one!

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  • MLINES Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2009 W: 173 N: 2043] (9052)
  • [2006-03-21 20:06]

Raw life photo on TE we need to be aware how fortunate we are in many lands when we see the tough lifes others face.

This image says so much An. From the background i guess the place is Pelourinho. From the sun on her wrinkled face guess it's 12 13 o'clock. So a touristy place at lunch. She seems to see you as someone exactly the oposite of what she herself represents in the picture.

An, this is a great but disturbing shot that could have been taken almost anywhere outside countries from the "G8". I believe that the gap between rich and poor is growing in most countries and not shrinking. It's moments like these that make me feel incredibly lucky that I was born into a working class family in England and not a working class family in Brazil. Well done, Paul.

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  • zeca Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3022 W: 162 N: 4313] (18158)
  • [2006-03-29 23:24]

Excelent capture, An. That´s Brazil on each corner...unfortunately.
Nice sharpness and details. Good colours!
Greetings from Brazil!
Zeca

Yes, everywhere I meet people who want and want from me. Life is hard in much of the world, but before tv did not show them the difference, and most were content with what they had. Fantastic photo of life!

Awesome shot An!

This makes me think alot, her expression tells a lot of suffering... but in some countries (like mine, for example) beggary is just another business and beggars sometimes are just employees of a bigger network.

Not saying this lady is part of that, but as someone said, giving them money only makes them stay in the streets begging.

Back to your picture, yes, it's soooo powerful and heart moving. It really moves!

Your DOF is perfect, maybe only wishing her hand was in focus as her body, but it's a great one. I am adding it to my favorites.

Thanks for sharing!

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