Photographer's Note
I created today a theme to include my series of Mindelo hawkers: Cabo Verde - Rabidante. The rabidante are the street vendors or hawkers in Cape Verde, usually women, as you see here and in the other photos of this series.
As I wrote yesterday, owing to men's emigration and other less noble reasons, usually in Cape Verde only the women take care of the children. So, when they are not in school, these girls are with and help their mother selling the produce in the street.
This women's business is somewhat specific, at least this day: mostly herbs for teas and dry fruits (tamarind and two kinds of African nuts); there is also a few potatoes, apples and two bananas.
Please compare this hawker with the poor (poorer?) Fogueteiro Hawker photo from Portugal.
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gemlik
(983) 2007-02-13 8:45
Hi Francisco,
very natural shot from daily life.Colors are beautiful.TFS
Regards
bulent
plimrn
(21344) 2007-02-13 10:09
Hi Francisco,
I love that bright smile of that little girl; good thing for the poor mother that she hasn't caught her older sister's adolescent attitude yet. HLJ, Pat
leo61
(0) 2007-02-13 16:51
Hi Francisco!
Good streetshot from Mindelo.I like the different poses and expressions of the girls,and your good note.
Regards,Leo
riclopes
(35577) 2007-02-14 14:08
Olá Francisco. Este é o tipo de fotos que gosto mais de ti. Esta atmosfera de rua é de facto muito mais cativante em países menos ricos. A grande attracção aqui vai para a pequena que se ri numa pose meio envergonhada de míuda. Também acho piada à cara que apanhaste lá atrás entre as duas raparigas da frente. Talvez tivesse cortado um pouco do lado direito.
Ricardo
PMiranda
(456) 2007-02-16 18:25
Olá Francisco
Isto é o que eu chamo uma fantástica foto de reportagem!
A cena está muito bem pensada e o enquadramento perfeito.
As cores e os contrastes fazem-nos sentir o maravilhoso "cheiro" de Cabo Verde.
Mais uma foto 5 estrelas.
Parabéns.
Abraço
Paulo
manatee
(4668) 2007-06-12 1:46
Buena foto, estos lugares son muy familiares para mi, aveces pienso en Belice otras en Cuba otras en mi ciudad (Papantla). Muy buena foto.
Elias
Amaz
(11475) 2009-06-03 13:37
Lindissíma captura, Francisco!!
Bela foto e intressante nota sua sobre a realidade social do Cabo Verde !!
Boa composição e bonitas cores!!
Parabéns mil,
Abraço!
Photo Information
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Copyright: Francisco Santos (xuaxo)
(6854) - Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2006-07-22
- Categories: Daily Life, Food
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): African Life & People, Cabo Verde - Rabidante [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2007-02-13 6:46
Discussions
- To gemlik: "Colors are beautiful" (1)
by xuaxo, last updated 2007-02-13 09:10 - To leo61: "expressions of the girls" (1)
by xuaxo, last updated 2007-02-14 04:27 - To riclopes: olá Ricardo (2)
by xuaxo, last updated 2007-02-16 02:22 - To plimrn: Olá Pat (1)
by xuaxo, last updated 2007-02-16 02:57 - To PMiranda: "maravilhoso "cheiro" de Cabo Verde" (1)
by xuaxo, last updated 2007-02-17 11:13









