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12/02/2002 06:47:46 AM · #1 |
Thank you for all your kind comments on my picture—there is a story behind this photo and I thought you might be interested in it. I first saw this Street child about three weeks ago while I was in the car waiting for my wife—so I had lots of time to study him and the group he was with—about 4 adults and 2 children. They sleep literally on the pavement and store their mattresses and blankets in a portable garbage bin with wheels on. They wash in a house –sort of a squat filled with Nigerian and Congolese refugees—but for a squat it looks good and clean—and the street is clean. I was stunned when the boy got a cigarette and started smoking it while playing with his skateboard and with the white dog. By this time I was cursing that I didn’t have my camera and I was determined to return. This I did and I started chatting to him and gave him some money for a photo—this is my first and I think my best one. About a week later the Challenge was photo-journalism and I thought I just had to get a picture of the little guy. They were all still there and another dog so I paid him money to pose for me and the brown dog insisted on sitting in with us—he would not be budged—I was warned that if I tried to move him he would bite me! That is why the brown dog is in the photo and why it was such a difficult crop and composition. The boy? his future seems fairly bleak. If you ask him if he is happy—yes he is—he has a great time skateboarding and playing—how long that lasts and he starts begging I don’t know—he is not at school and will get no education—but he is a bright boy and if someone took him under their wing he would turn out well or have a chance—I found it quite a sobering and worrying encounter.Here are the two PhotosThe Family Street Child
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12/02/2002 03:53:07 PM · #2 |
| Oh! Like the original shot of the boy much better. |
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12/02/2002 05:11:27 PM · #3 |
Thanks for the info Andrew. Your photo and now the story touches me.
Good shooting.
* This message has been edited by the author on 12/2/2002 6:07:05 PM.
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12/05/2002 12:11:20 AM · #4 |
| Thanks for your interest--I ill show the boy all your replies |
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