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Once upon a time in Mexico
Published: 2007-07-07 07:19:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 5359; Favourites: 141; Downloads: 0
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20 pesos to be weighed under an umbrella on a bridge above the highway is probably the coolest thing ever.Downtown Mexico City.
Leica M6, 35mm, f/11, Kodak Tmax 100, scan from a neg.
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I was just about to suggest this for a DD, right before I scrolled down and said, "Oh! It's already received one! 
This photo is really awesome. Very unique.
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Great shot! I remember a guy doing the same thing in Vegas.
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Very good one. Congrats on the DD. I haven't seen it !
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haha...to much weight and bridge collapses?
20 pesos....but did have many costumers?
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nice colors....love the types..looks almost like a collage....and plays with the scene scale.
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Man that's a lot for 20 pesos! There are machines that do it for 5... anyways the moment is priceless! You can find so many different things in Mexico that you can't imagine...
Like we say in here: "Only in Mexico"
Great picture and deserved DD! Congratulations!
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jajaja grandioso, buena foto, y que singular lugar para ser pesado jajaja, gran foto...
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Es solo un poco de lo que pueden encontrar en mi MΓ©xico, ja! les falta mucho por ver
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there's something about the angle of it, that makes you think he's sort of preying on innocent people who desperately want to be weighed
fantastic contrast
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I like this religious allusion
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20 pesos!!! That's a lot.
Great shot man, kudos for the scan.
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fantastic composition, tones and a crazy situation! great shot
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aaaaah!!
A beautiful photo about Mexico, I'm so excited (I'm mexican XD). I love the composition and how you captured the moment. So sweet and gorgeous.
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The 'weigher' really makes this shot stand out as more than just any other urban shot.
Great composition, and well done on finding this chap.
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This is great. It looks so completely random. Great lineplay, great weird lettering, great sense of desolation. I really like this frame.
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Just a really good looking, and interesting image. I love the presence of all the writing, how the subject and his surroundings seem to be thrown together. Beautiful range of tones
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I agree, a picture is always better with something written in it
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dirty and out of context. as if there ever was any context. oooh tasty!
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that could be a perfect scene on a coens movie. you know they base a lot of their weird scenes on random (su)real stories like this? you should definitely get their contact and send them this.
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Nope, cause I am now writting a scenario on my own. Why would I give them my ideas ?
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hehehe, touche. but i suppose they could fund you an one year trip around latin america with unlimited film supply to find more precious material like this. fair enough?
btw, where do you scan?
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Good good. If left alone, it's perplexing. And that's fantastic.
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Indeed. I first wanted to make a picture very close to him with someone being weighed (Robert Capa's the closer the better). But then I thought that the picture would be way more powerful with emptyness filling in the frame.
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Have you seen the work of Trent Parke?
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It'll rock you off your heels, my friend.
Beyond amazing.
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Merci beaucoup, I had swim the ocean for this one, glad you respect such an aventure
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man,this is way beyond "the coolest thing ever"!
i think it's not easy making your watchers laugh,well congrats
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Then you deserve to know that I am the funniest guy ever
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that's good to know,next time i'm sad i'll just note you to post a funny photo from south america
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