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50 cent


50 cent
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Copyright: Frans Buitendijk (frans273) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 132 W: 61 N: 276] (1921)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-05
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Event, Mood, Portrait
Camera: Nikon D200., Nikkor 18-200 f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AFS DX VR
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-12-23 11:10
Viewed: 548
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
50 cents .... not enough to buy a cup of coffee in Europe or the US.
50 cents to buy yourself half a pint of beer or half a gallon of gas.

50 cents, ever spend on a Polio vaccination, would have given him a completely different life.
Now he is walking on hands and one leg.... asking the tourist at the gate of a restaurant in Arba Minch to give him 1 Birr ( 10 cents ).....
In return you get a smile..

50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
50 cents and he can survive a day.
juyona, eosnut, XOTAELE, TasmaniaC, SylFondacci, touristdidi has marked this note useful
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  • juyona Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 2459 W: 0 N: 864] (13162)
  • [2007-12-23 11:28]

Hello Frans,
it's these times the superficial thing it is adored...
your picture shows us the terrible reality of these people.
my admiration friend,
greetings

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  • eosnut Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 516 W: 119 N: 962] (7083)
  • [2007-12-23 12:26]

Hello Frans,
Sometimes we just do not know how lucky we are. We moan if the dishwasher breaks down...a major catastrophe. Your photograph brings us back down to the real world.
TFS, happy holidays to you and yours,
Peter.

Una imagen muy "fuerte" para el mundo occidental que en esta época se atiborra de todo tipo de cosas superfluas olvidando las necesidades del resto del mundo.
Preciosa imagen pese a todo sólo por ver la sonrisa de este hombre que no reprocha su situación.
Saludos amigo, JL.

God bless you!!

Hi Frans,
Strong shot and message !
In the meantime, people are spending a fortune for stupid Xmas presents costing more than 50 cents ... So sad !
Sylvie

Sometimes people in India have been purposely bent like this to beg. The worse you look, the more tourists or pilgrims give you in India. Either way, it is so sad. he looks like he would have been a healthy strong man otherwise! India still had pockets of polio. I like this man's face, friendly, nice looking smile. I wish I could fix the world, but I cannot fix my own life it seems, and my problems are nothing compared to his! My legs are not so good anymore, worn out. I got a whole life time of walking out of them, he has little.... (seems like it would hurt)

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