Beauty & the Beast Photo

Photographer’s Note

one of the ironies in this world is wealth distribution, according to the leading studies from the UN 6% of world population control 91% of worlds wealth and assets! of course this elite 6% comes from G8 countries.
This is where ideals such as socialism and communism come into play, they were intend to diminish unequal distribution of wealth. These political systems sounded great when you read the 'Manifesto' but its application were poorly followed and manipulated.

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This homeless man was exactly 300FT from Versce mansion in south beach, he had just grabbed the pile of garbage that was thrown out by one of the servants. He was so excited that even when i got within 3FT from him, he never cared to raise his face and look at me.

"Blessed are the poor........ for they shall inherit the earth."
Matthew 6; sermon on the mount.

savask, paura, saylan-cb, soma, mpdre, Mondaychild, Yar has marked this note useful

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savask (1813) 2007-09-06 0:38

tragic yet powerful shot. Very good color exposure

aadilj (17950) 2007-09-06 1:18

This one is real drama. The colours and setting are perfect but they get overshadowed by the subjest. yes, its true, the poor and the homeless are always hidden in the back alleys by those who find them too ugly to showcase

paura (39376) 2007-09-07 13:14

Robert,
A strong shot with nice composition and excellent note. He looks like the Santa Claus.

Very well done.

Paulo

saylan-cb (12726) 2007-09-07 14:22

Hi Robert
Great shot and strong colours!Very nice composition and work..
Well done.
TFS/Regards

anducina (8137) 2007-09-08 1:26

Interesting compo, I like the mixture of red and blue. Impressive capture.

TFS,

Andreea

mpdre (1587) 2007-09-08 6:57

Hi Robert,
Impressive shot! The colors are so vibrant and the DOF excellent... This image is very strong… poverty, misery found anywhere, even in the most beautiful natural places... The image looks like in a dream with the sea being part of an unconscious wish to abandon the drama of life… Love the light.
Thanks for the note too.
Excellent Robert!
Andre

Mondaychild (1513) 2007-09-12 0:35

Hi Rafid,

a "beautiful" photo to show the bad and ugly things that are happening out there. Very strong colors.

What´s really tragic IMO isn´t the fact that there are poor people or homeless people, no, it´s the fact that the rich and wealthy next to them don´t even seem to care ... as long they don´t "desturb" the rich ones of course!

What´s even more strange: These rich people probably donate to the poor ones in Africa or Asia, that´s "in" - because they would never see them in their whole life! But the poor ones in their own country?!

Yar (795) 2007-09-19 12:45

it's a tragedy.
but, actually, this is the nature of the people; otherwise, the world would have been different...

good colours and POV
strong message

Hellas (5095) 2007-10-18 5:47

Robert,
I found your thoughts correct but the reality is hard. I suppose you are Muslim but you referred to Christian gospel!
About the photo, I have to say that is a very good one with fine details and natural colours. The blurred DOF is also great!
Compliments!
Athanasios.

PSkillz (1327) 2007-11-26 13:12

Hey rob...
impressiv shot....well seen
regards PPP

Photo Information

Copyright: Robert Akrawi (rafid76) (2611)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-04-16
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Olympus E-500, Olympus ZD 50-200mm F2.8-3.5, RAW, Hoya 67mm Circular Polarizer
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-09-05 13:04