Walking On Thin Bamboos Photo

Photographer’s Note

Welcome tonight to the allegory contest for the burmese situation, including vertical bars and sorts.

..and what if the Burmese people were continuously walking on thin bamboos, jumping from one dark cell to another, trying to reach each other and avoiding the daily traps or the various bans that their ubuesque government display randomly.

yeah... hmmh.. what about that?

Your turn, Animesh, Mark or whoever wants to take part of the stalking Furachan squad ;D ...

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Taken just in front the Bagyo market in Mandalay : that's what Luan's imaginary sister could see from her place.

bnallama, AnimeshRay, dolin, Luan, brevbrev14 has marked this note useful

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avigur_11 (21301) 2006-05-24 16:39

Hi Luko,
I saw this kind of bamboo scaffolding in China, they use it also when building skyscrapers, and it looks so fragile and scary, but it is very very strong,
They look like music notes, and they have the rythm..

Furachan (0) 2006-05-24 16:55

This is "stalking" of the highest order, or perhaps just "hanging by a thread...:o))
Seriously this is the perfect continuation and illustration in human terms of what i began yesterday, like a close-up shot of te situation in the country. Still imprisoned, and the "slender reeds" are here again, this time in the shape of a perilous scaffold.
This stalking is a win-win situation dince it affords many TE members the chance to see work of this caliber, Luko.
Thanks for this,
Francis

naxius (16679) 2006-05-24 17:08

Et finalement, elle me plaît bien cette photo après être revenu la voir ;o
J'aime bien ces lignes qui se croisent et bien sûr ces deux workers en plein action...
Il y a également cette couleur que tu as réussi à travailler pour en donner toute sa texture..
Bref, ca le fait bien.
Alex

bnallama (3755) 2006-05-24 19:08

Luko, firstly I am amazed by the rendering of the colors here! What I love here the most is some how the symetry of the scaffolding bamboos and the window frames. TFS. Bala

partha (13667) 2006-05-24 21:38

Excellent composition. U have captured the story wonderfully. Nice colourtone as well.

vapours (7913) 2006-05-24 22:59

Seeing construction sites like this and what the people have to work with always amazes me. Over here in Perth, if the sandwiches aren't hot enough for the construction workers lunches then we'll get a 3 day strike, seeing this photo makes me wanna print it off and show it to them next time they strike for a petty reason.

A nice artistic shot, and I enjoy the squares which 'construct' the image.

nerve (10212) 2006-05-24 23:23

thats a good one, great match with Francis'! i hope this image and its note is not going to start another windmill type of world-wars soon, lol! Love the geometry here, nice rule of thirds.

AnimeshRay (8886) 2006-05-25 0:04

A terrific pattern, Luko, and you guide us through this jigsaw...I can almost see one of them jump into one dark rectangle and pop out through another...What an interesting idea! THe color of darkness is so deep here, and the wall just right. You are the absolute master of tonality here in TE. Such a simple sight, yet so difficult to achieve the balance you did.

Now, about stalking...yes, I would love to but no bambo0 in my stock. Too bad!

rowanb (864) 2006-05-25 0:53

wow now thats a construction site.
very graphic, almost like a game of snakes and ladders..
good to see you back on the stalk!
rowan

yanseiler (20) 2006-05-25 5:27

Hey Luko, mis à part le fait que ta photo soit très sympa (compo, coculeurs), c'est vrai que l'on peut se poser plein de questions à propos de la situation des birmans. J'ai lu quelque part des gens qui insitaient les touristes à boycotter la visite du pays... Je pense que certaines personnes vivent(un peu) des touristes et je ne suis pas sûr qu'on leur rendraient services en boycottant la visite de leur pays, enfin...
A+
Yan

cobraphil8 (11652) 2006-05-25 5:44

salut Luko,
cette vue aurait pu être pris dans quelques autres pays d'Asie, on se demande si ils ont conscience du risque qu'ils prennent et même si ils l'ont, ont-ils vraiment le choix pour nourrir leurs familles?
Au niveau photo, rien à redire, c'est graphique, bien pensé au niveau des points de force, les 2 personnes étant idéalement placées.
Bien vu
bon WE
Philippe

markoci (3917) 2006-05-25 6:06

nice, somehow reminds me of your sri lankan shot of the stilts fishermen.. love the pattern.. looks even scarier when they're 10 storeys high..

well, o.k. let's keep on stalking, i'll dig into my archives.. i'm sure i have some bamboo shots... in fact i think i remember this building just across from the market (careful you don't become the "stalkee"..!)

dolin (15647) 2006-05-25 13:07

Salut Luko.
Faut pas être peureux...ils sont fous c't'équipe.
T'en tires une compo assez graphique et c'est un joli "reportage" sur ces acrobates.
Très belels teintes et les trous des fenêtres qui apportent le plus et qui sont bien posé au bon endroit.
Joli
Fred

Luan (15935) 2006-05-25 14:15

Plus solide que l'acier, le bambou permet dans les pays asiatiques de concevoir des buildings, toute sa flexibilite est representée dans cette courbe la haut, la juxtaposition des lignes et des angles est geniale.

De vrais cascadeurs ces travailleurs.

Une tres bonne compo.
Luan

moxon (457) 2006-05-25 23:04

As I'm looking at this at my office on the 13th floor (a coffee break ;D), there is a man outside my window perched on a scaffold without a harness. In China they still use bamboo to erect skyscrapers.

I wish I could see the faces of the men although I guess that's not the point of the picture. To me this is all about shapes--I count over 30 rectangles and triangles--and colour--who would have thought concrete had so many tones?

maciekda (19599) 2006-05-27 16:10

this one is nice as well, simple, but effective. very nice composition, everything is in order here, nice colors - different brown tones, good stuff

fixed (3831) 2006-05-30 12:09

s'lut Luko
he bien désolé I am de retour :)
impressionnant ce pseudo échafaudage
belle construction d'image (ok jeu de mots, jeu de mots ... trop fort nono)
ouaip bel équilibre et jeu d'équilibre (olé, V2 ... :))
pour moi c'est la compo "graphique" qui fonctionne bien ...
j'ai du mal à trouver un lien entre les 2 personnages ... peut-être aussi un peu dérangé par les 2 visages masqués ...
super en tout cas bel équilibre agréable
même si cet enchevêtrement de bamboo parait bien frêle ;)
bella
j'ai bien envi de répondre à ta réponse sur la photo des ombres (132) mais çà va faire réchauffé non :) ?
A biental
nono

huckool (96) 2006-08-11 18:29

That's an amazing site, scaffolding made of bamboo. Great shot.

brevbrev14 (372) 2006-09-12 10:29

Wonferful Luko, simply wonderful!the graphical game of bamboo is fantastic with the windows...but i love the men at work...and i have not never seen this reality! thank you for sharing...a piece of world so far from me !
F A N T A S T I C !

Ciao

Valeria

cbrman (19051) 2006-12-07 7:45

Hello Luko,

Dans ta galerie, j'ai choisi cette image car elle m'a impressionné ! Les conditions de travail de ces hommes sont tout simplement ahurissantes ! Obligés de vivre en équilibre toute la journée ! D'autre part, cette photographie est très bien cadrée. Les bambous forment une sorte de grilles délimitant "l'air de jeu" de ces hommes !
Un très bon cliché.

A+

Dominique

omerozden (1241) 2009-04-27 1:58

hello luko,
walking on bambus with buckets!
i like the graphism. men in the photo have become part of the wall and bambus, they wore nearly the same colors.
regards,
omer