The ghost of 'lectricity...
City 17 (2)
Posted by Duncan Galbraith (kyoto, Japan) on 27 March 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.
Stu from Kyoto, Japan
wow you look terrible, Duncs! You have been feeling sick, haven't you!
This is a helluva portrait mate. Very powerful.
27 Mar 2007 6:14am
@Stu: ;-) cheeky! seriously though...cheers!
Yvon from Meerkerk, Netherlands
What a strong portrait. Compliments to you. Makes me think of the though life this man must have.
27 Mar 2007 9:32am
@Yvon: Thanks Yvon. Aye, he aint got it easy.
Helen from Melbourne, Australia
How tragic. This portrays abject poverty to me. Very emotive image Duncan.
27 Mar 2007 10:07am
@Helen: Thank you Helen. all I can say is I wish him well.
Daroru from Osaka, Japan
Really good. The geometry and lights behind add another interesting dimension to your shot Duncan.
27 Mar 2007 1:49pm
@Daroru: Thanks Daroru!
Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States
Excellent portrait. Your treetment on this is perfect!
27 Mar 2007 2:20pm
@Craiger: Thanks Craiger!
Untitled from Kyoto, Japan
This is fantastic! An absolutely wonderful portrait. Incredible narrative and emotion...
27 Mar 2007 3:14pm
@Untitled: Cheers mate!
Still from Valence, France
A stunning portrait! This man seems to have a heavy life...
27 Mar 2007 8:50pm
@Still: Merci beaucoup my friend.
Michelle Bialowas from Melbourne Victoria, Australia
Wooo...What a capture - the high beams of light really contrast againts the reality of this tired, dirty poor soul.
28 Mar 2007 11:36am
@Michelle Bialowas: Thanks Michelle!
@Nick Passantino: Thanks mate!
Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada
Something of a 'Stray Dog' feeling about this one. Ever had one of those days when you're more dead than alive, yet you keep going somehow only because you've done it so often? I think of your subject that way. As some of the paramedics I work among have commented regarding certain patients on the edge: 'he was already dead; he just didn't realise it yet.
29 Mar 2007 4:07am
@Damon Schreiber: Aye. Its a sad sight and you tell a sad story. He's a regular fixture around my work to the point where I think he's actually getting annoyed with me being in the same locale with a camera around my neck. Last thing any of us should be doing is making folks like him any more miserable than they surely are already. G'luck to him.
@Michael Zhang: Thanks mate!
Mike Cash from Kiryu, Japan
I used to have a similar fellow who was a fixture around the neighborhood I worked in. Every now and then I'd slip him a pack of smokes or hook him up with a hot meal. No sense in eating out of a dumpster every day.
1 Apr 2007 8:00am
@Mike Cash: its a sad scene ne. kudos for doing what you can.
Fujifilm FinePix S9000
1/120 second
F/4.9
ISO 800
67 mm