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House of Slaves


House of Slaves
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Copyright: Sylvie Fondacci Monteiro (SylFondacci) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2000 W: 307 N: 1512] (14127)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06-18
Categories: Decisive Moment
Camera: Canon Digital Ixus 500
Exposure: f/3.2, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Your Favourites, Three weeks in Dakar, Children of Senegal [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-07-13 15:12
Viewed: 1439
Favorites: 3 [view]
Points: 37
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Taken in the House of Slaves in Gorée island, near Dakar on that hot Sunday afternoon of June when I went for the first time in that place I heard about so many times.
I was afraid of what I would feel there and I was right to be.
The emotion is so strong, it chokes you, ... difficult not to cry, not to imagine what they suffered when you walk in the rooms where they were kept, examined, weighed, ...
The worst moment is when you arrive at the "door of the travel with no return" !
Many people, Black American people, come here on the traces of their ancestors, they want to see the place where they were imprisoned, men, women and children in separate jails, the place from which they left Africa forever, before crossing the Atlantic to go and work on the American continent in terrible conditions. Many of them didn't survive during the travel on the boats.

Mr. Joseph N'Diaye, aged 82, dedicated his life to the House of Slaves, which is today a Museum. You meet him when you visit the place, he welcomes everyone in his office.
He says : "On all continents, the duty of memory is necessary to build the future."

"The slave of slavery is the one that doesn't want to know." (a personal translation of a famous poet from West Indies, Edouard Glissant).

To know more about Gorée and the House of Slaves :
House of Slaves - Unesco
green, andrei, perryhooter, Isabelle, evildrako, ciore, eliferen, orkhan, zips has marked this note useful
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Discussions
ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To orkhan: :))))SylFondacci 1 09-01 16:42
To kami1: Hello !SylFondacci 1 08-30 03:54
To eliferen: Thx ! :)SylFondacci 1 07-24 06:15
To marcocig: Grazie !SylFondacci 1 07-23 16:31
To ciore: :))SylFondacci 1 07-18 11:19
To salil: :))SylFondacci 1 07-16 10:24
To balkermay: :))SylFondacci 1 07-15 14:15
To recepyuksel: :))SylFondacci 1 07-14 14:09
To jkneze2: Hi :))SylFondacci 1 07-14 13:09
To delnaja: Thanks Fred ! and some words ...SylFondacci 3 07-14 11:05
To Photo-Op: Thanks !SylFondacci 1 07-13 16:12
To perryhooter: Discrimination, intolerance, racism, homophSylFondacci 1 07-13 15:57
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Strong but beautiful post Sylvie!

Great journalism! History is made of so many horrors. And they are still going on in different ways.

Trading illegal immigrants, trading young ladies, etc.... The world is better than in those days certainly, but there is still a lot to do to improve it.

Keep on the good work!
Robert
Smily will follow

A bit fuzzy on my end here, I did a workshop for you. Hope you like it!
Linda

Very emotional picture. It tells a story and it's a pretty sad one from what you said in the note. Nice composition, bright colors, and nice contrast. Cool picture, sad story.

my eyes are always looking at TL and I have to comment this photo.
Respect, tolerance, discrimination... here again... always the same words. I hope that one day they will diseppear...
About the phot, great colors ans this boy... what is he thinking about? That it ends one day maybe.
Thanks Sylvie

F.

very good photo, I like composition and colors...
m.

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  • andrei Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 229 W: 123 N: 164] (1237)
  • [2006-07-13 16:48]

Nice warm colours and the model is well positioned. I like the contrating curved wall on the left against the straigt lines on the right.
TFS
Andrei
(Thanks for the note - it adds even more colour).

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  • Tintin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2198 W: 267 N: 345] (1982)
  • [2006-07-13 21:23]

Une belle composition avec ce jeune homme qui ajoute une belle perspective à l'ensemble. Un message percutant et qui fait remonter les émotions à la surface. Je peux imaginer ce que l'on doit ressentir d'y être en personne. Superbe couleurs et lumière. Bravo!

very nive place and composition, tfs

Excellent catch, fantastic shadows

Hello Sylvie... The warm tones make this composition attractive... I do like the vertical alignment... The balance between dark and light parts... Great...

Can

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  • salil Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 581 W: 18 N: 295] (2106)
  • [2006-07-16 5:57]
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I can feel the despair, smell the stench, see the ghost hovering over the dark walls ...
Sylvie, you have a superbly successful image here.
Salil

Very beatiful shot, realy strong.
I love the colors, pov and the framig
Excellant work
TFS

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  • ciore Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 782 W: 3 N: 108] (2309)
  • [2006-07-17 10:23]
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the streets tells a Story,Sylvie..
such is the Truth ..
today you find it so silent in this one warm-tone corner ..
beautiful touch of thoughts

thank you,dear for sharing ...
respect.
Vik

I love here the red tones, you've greatly managed the light here.
The compo is beautiful.

Bravo

Marco

Great shot Sylvie. Colors and the shadows are amazing. I like the natural standing of the child. The shot is impressive with the story. Well captured.
Elif

Great warm colors in this shot, the red walls add a great effect. Keep it up.

-Neil

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  • kami1 Silver Star Critiquer [C: 33 W: 0 N: 1] (78)
  • [2006-08-30 0:29]
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One of my favourite in your galary

Bonsoir Sylvie,

Beaucoup d'emotion dans cette photo et surtout dans la note.
J'ai beaucoup apprécié.

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  • zips Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 27 W: 0 N: 37] (201)
  • [2006-09-26 5:50]

Nice composition. Almost reminds me of a Kandinsky in some ways, with the irregular angles and nice colors.

Great Job.
Aloha, JB

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