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For Some the Gates are Closed
Published: 2002-09-22 17:52:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 6776; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 867
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While returning home today I went to get a train and could not help but be moved as this guy was shifted from the station concourse. We all know that there is a story here, I left the Stella can in though it ruined the framing.For some the gates are truly never open.
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Very touching. The fact that it's natural and not modeled makes it even better. Great capture.
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Wow..stunning photo.
You really expressed the emotions of this scene perfectly..
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reality. i think you captured it best, even thought some have to live just like this. makes you realize how lucky you are. thank you for sharing this, no matter how heartwrenching and powerful it is
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wow...very emotional piece....it makes me realize how much I take for granted in life. thank you. +fav
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one of the few moving things i see here..i mean actually moving..the description fits incredibly well with the photo...love it. +fav
A+++++(+)
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icredible shot. it makes the viewer feel uncomfortable. i like this very much. and the title couldn't be better. wonderful job. A+++++
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This is a really emotional shot. It deserves more recognition then it will ever receive. I was truley humbled by it. Thank you for sharing.
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This is quite beautiful and humbling. Around Houston I see so many homeless people like this and it makes me want to cry.
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So that was what happened in 'nam. Really good photo.. =/ (That sounds so harsh saying that, getting pleasure out of someones misfortune - yanno what i mean though)
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i like this because it captures reality in a real world that we sometimes dont think of
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Okay, I'm sorry, I agree that the method of the photograph is good and all that. but what most people are not grasping is that this man has nothing. He has no leg's no future, unless you consider death a future. I am sickend that this was made a daily dev. There is nothing nice about this photo other than the method. I don't consider a shot of something this selfish a great shot, as most, because the only thing you took, when you took this shot, is a part of this man's dignity just so you could submit it and get a perty Daily Dev. on you little homepage that tomorrow no one will remeber, but that man, will probably remeber you taking his photo for the rest of his life.
-Shaun
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Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.
Dan
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I really like the color of his clothe....
Keep it real!
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it's very moving ... i like the composition too.
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Nice capture.. very moving, I feel so bad for this guy!
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Fuck! To think that now im sitting here, in front of my computer, in a hug of my cussion armchair, boring myself out, wasting my money on the phone line...
Damn.
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This is one of the best photos I have ever seen. thank you. +fav
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There are far too many comments for you to read mine so this may not matter. But I don't agree with the majority of the people above me. This man probably needs no pitty. I don't know why you even captured this shot. You show pitty as well. He deals with what he's got. There is no reason why some guy should be taking his picture, probably without permission, to flaunt his problem to the rest of the world. You can write me and tell me why, or you can just go on hating people like me. But in my opinion, this isn't worth the Daily Dev.
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this is beautiful...it expresses the darker side of life... its moving really... +fav and congrats on the DD
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holy christ, that picture is awesome . . . feel bad for my man though
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this has got to be one of the best photographs ive EVER seen.
and i hope i never see one like it again.
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If I had a chance I would switch places with him.
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oh...
beautiful photograph. words can't really describe this at all.
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well deserved daliy-D ... im happy for ya man
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Wow, this inspired me..
Where's my camera? Very lovely but sad too..
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wow, very expressive shot. I feel sorry for that poor man
congrast for the DD by the way!
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when i look a longer time at this guy i get tears into my eyes,
this is a very impressive capture,
i hope you gave him some coints!!
this poor guy
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Wow Doug! This is really really expressive. By sure, an wonderful photo.
You really deserve the DD.
Congrats
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Very powerful work... I like the way you framed it with the fence taking up the left half of the image.
Seems a bit blurred, though... Taken in a hurry, I suppose? Still, great capture.
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Well done. Gonna check out your gallery now. I am glad someone noticed this and made it DD.
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I agree with what demon said.
Also, I find the Stella and the gate show his surroundings, and in showing his surroundings you're not objectifying him & it's what was there and how it was, making it a more honest photograph.
-k
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I see a lot of photographers treat people like your subject as a kind of tourist attraction or hunting trophy - look! I got a shot of a homeless person."
This, on the other hand is done with taste and consideration. Because of that, itΒ΄s a fav for me.
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I wish there were never photos like this to take.
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Powerful--I'm assuming you had the guy's permission to take this photograph. Otherwise, the fellow above is right--it would be an invasion of his privacy.
However, I'm sure you did ask first...especially since the subject seems to be posing for the shot. I bet he would love to have a copy.
Anyway, I don't want this to sound negative--you did a great job, and I do like your photograph. Way to go.
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Wow, truelly amazing. You can almost read his story.
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about time this got DD. it is one of the best photos on the site like i said before. stunning
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That's awesome.. even with the stella can I still love the general composition. good job
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