Morality Test

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• Niva (7037)
• [2007-05-11 16:14]

Hello Muhammad
I feel really sorry about it...
I understand your point of view because I live in Brazil and our problems are not so different,too.
BRIC : Brazil,Russia,India,China... large and potencially economical countries,but big social problems ,too...
Kind regards and my total respect to that child.
Nivaldo

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• kathelli (1291)
• [2007-05-11 21:08]
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Hi Muhammed. A very touching image. Where I come from, we rarely see poverty to this degree. I empathise with you and the situation in your country and others countries. Even without your notes, this photos tells it all.

Well taken.

Regards, Kath

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• Wanderer (226)
• [2007-05-11 23:52]

I agree, without your note, it tells all. Something we have to accomplish with every picture.

We live in a culture of exploitation, where the rich exploit the poor and the strong exploit the weak, the children here have the short end of the stick.

This is one of the issues that the government has to think and do something about, rather than bicker who holds power for another 4 years and how much they should be making. They are at the top of the exploitation food chain, it has to be a revolution from within or below. For the time being, no one seems to care... they complain, but do nothing about it.

The 3-4 people working for progress have a momentous task to have to accomplish, they usually get drowned out in the chaos and madness.

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• Sadaqat (807)
• [2007-05-12 4:34]
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I have no words, You have said it all in your note. Brilliant work. I am ashamed that I have not been able to contribute to the betterment of the children back home.

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• LvanMil (358)
• [2007-05-12 16:50]
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Your photo's of the children (also the last one) are really 'coming in'. It's terrible that this happens! I live in Holland, and here we never see children as poor like this. I whish that every country could say that...
Your photo's help to let people see the truth, and I think it's good you notice the trust... i'll go to take a look soon!

About the photo (the technical stuff..):

I love the b&w, good sharpness and contrast. The boy might have been more on the left side of the photo (if that would be possible with the surroundings) to make it a little more exciting composition. But with 2 seconds to shoot... that's pretty difficult.... The most important thing is that you captured the boy's face and looks. Great photo's!

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• Biance- (165)
• [2007-05-12 17:38]
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Hi Muhammad,

Ah... touching doesn't seems to be the appropriate word, in-fact it almost seems sarcastic. The image is real, it depticts life that isn't shown on television, or the life you meet with an open gaze, it's the life you almost try to shy away from... and in a way attempting to dissolve it from reality.

It's a shame that our world is like this.

This is excellent photography. Simply brilliant. Too bad the content is sad.

Biance.

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• rychousmama (226)
• [2007-05-13 11:45]
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While I wouldn't equate playing with a gameboy with proper education, I really admire the intent of the photo as well as that poignant and honest note (I am only nitpicking this because i am an assistant teacher and trust me when I say that gameboys don't work wonders for (male) children...). Anyway, I am glad that you told us about this because, even though I am conscious of the fact that there is exploitation of marginalized groups in the world (children, women, the poor, etc.) it doesn't really hit you until you see images like this. The black and white and the incredible amount of detail and tonalities really make this a "raw" and powerful shot. The boy certainly looks distracted and tired. Good heavy contrasts, be careful to not let that white fabric (?) get overexposed at the bottom right, since it distracts. Great long depth of field for the background to be in focus, thus emphasizing the context of poverty and lack of options for this child. I wish there was something that I could do much better than sitting at this stupid computer...There probably is. Thanks so much for sharing the photo and the note
-Lara

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• ASB (199)
• [2007-06-18 9:05]

+ + + + + for this work

Aleksandra

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• spacebar (1079)
• [2008-03-20 14:46]

No words.
Standing ovation.
Ciao
Antonella