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The Face of Poverty
The Face of Poverty
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Free Study 2007-03 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: Red Bank, Belize
Date: Mar 19, 2007
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/1250
Galleries: Black and White, Children
Date Uploaded: Mar 27, 2007

This is the second Mayan child that I am entering in a challenge. I took this photo while on a trip to Belize where a group of fellow dental students and I offered free dental work in the Mayan village of Red Bank. I guess he doesn't look that poor in the photo because he was such a cute kid, but he didn't own any shoes and lived in a dirt floor hut.

The processing was USM, curves, and channel mixer (to convert to BW).

Statistics
Place: 227 out of 561
Avg (all users): 5.7434
Avg (commenters): 5.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7500
Avg (non-participants): 5.7222
Views since voting: 816
Views during voting: 213
Votes: 152
Comments: 6
Favorites: 1 (view)


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AuthorThread
04/10/2007 09:11:47 PM
That's what I look like when I have to go to the Dentist too. :(
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/06/2007 01:14:42 AM
This looks too contrived to me. The boy appears clean, well noursished and well taken care of, and his expression affected. I hope I'm right.
04/03/2007 06:17:48 PM
Right then, joke's on me as I now have to plough through 564 images and bump them all (yes, all of them) up. There'll be a third run through for fine tuning. It's day two three now and I'm running late, sorry.

Unlucky with the title - looks well fed, washed and clothed. Heartless me. 6
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04/03/2007 10:19:17 AM
This is a lovely photograph, but I really don't see poverty in it. The photo is way too clean for that. His skin is smooth, clean and without blemish. His hair is well kept. With that said, this is still an excellent portrait, the title just doesn't fit it.
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04/03/2007 07:24:34 AM
Good capture, not sure the title fits though.
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04/01/2007 02:27:07 AM
Great portrait but why do you have to labour the impoverished child angle with such a crap title.
It's the face of a sad boy.


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