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Copyright: Nune Nikoghosyan (nunenik) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 422 W: 21 N: 173] (1879)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-04-01
Categories: Daily Life, Decisive Moment
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-04-13 13:10
Viewed: 488
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Besides the beautiful temples and places to see, the more common scene for a tourist in Delhi is a group of people desperately trying to sell you something. Whatever it may be.

This group of youngsters refused to leave the window of our car until the traffic light turned green and the car had to leave. And this is usually the case.
In the end I bought a book from one of them (who isn't in the picture, because everytime I'd point the camera at them he'd hide), which turned out to be really difficult to read since it was a xerox copy and a lot of pages were basically unreadable :)

What I found encouraging about them was that besides their state of poverty, desperate need and determination to sell something at whatever price, they found time to smile! Although some smiled only after they realized why my camera was pointing at them, while others hid because of it.

In any case, they made my day! And who knows what made their day...
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nice capture.
good luck.

laitu ap

Hi Nuné,
This scene is familiar to me as I was faced to exactly same situations in Dakar, people with the same will (and need) to sell sthg at any price and with a smile ...
Nicely captured ! Good composition.
Sylvie

hi nune,

you made a short visit to india, a world on it's own ... for me it was a few years ago that I visited india and life must have changed over the years. sitting in a car and seeing those youngsters trying to earn some money. well captured and post more .. regards frans

Hi Nune,
Nice shot,
A common thing in India..
Nice expressions on there faces..
TFS..
vaibhav,

Hello Nune,

I spent 1 year in India (I was a student at Delhi University so I know Delhi quite well) and this photo mean a lot to me... :)
Very good (and real!) 'street' shot :)
Good note. Hope you fell in love with this country:) I did:)
Best,
Iza

Great daily life scene Nune, i can understand their economic deprivation very well, how they manage to survive on a few rupees a day yet keeping a smile on their face will always astonish me , you capture the essence of India in this through the car window shot, tfs,
Carol

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