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straightfromcamera — Spare some change.. please..
Published: 2006-09-26 21:20:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 2597; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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Taken on the border to east van and "regular" vancouver as some would say.. honestly, i felt equally at ease walking both sides of the city..when i was walking by this lady, she was picking up change that the guy frame left had thrown on the ground for her.. she was taking her time.. when i walked by her i realized she was crying..
This is back when I was experimenting with pushing ISO with expired film
Konica Maxxum4
28-100 Kit lens
Impressa 160 Film (expired)
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Thats seriously really horrible. I wouldn't wish that kind of experiance on anyone.
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I know, not even on worst enemies.
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Sad how most turn their back on the less fortunate..., as though the tables could never be turned. Props to you for being amongst those who choose to see. You should do a feature on them, The Forgotten..., something like that. Just thought of it. 
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I assume I'm looking at the cropped version.
This is a very very powerful picture.
I work in Vancouver and the downtown Eastside is like a 3rd world country..only worse and one tends to forget the people there started out with feelings and a sense of humanity at one point in their lives.
This is a very sad window into this woman's heart at a point in her life you can only hope she will be able to escape the life on the street.
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I know, its hard to go through the DT east side, i havent really that much this summer.. with more homeless out, it just breaks my heart to be out there..
This is the cropped version
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Oh fuck mate!!! She was crying!!! noooooooo!!! Oh... So sad!! I took a photo of a traffic accident a few days ago, I saw the lady dropped in the light portable bed and I started crying... I wanted hug her... She was so bad!!! Making sudden movements... Here is da link [link]
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awww.. yeah, that is sad
i hate taking pics like this, but they serve a purpose
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Totally... Didn't you thinking about sending to some newspaper?
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im actually thinking about shooting a book..
just need a few $'s to get started, then to find a publisher
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Money!!!!! We have to mak money!!!! I'm starting making it next friday!!! 
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HAHAHA.. nice plans! hope they hold up.. im hoping to afford a 20D, possibly a 5 sometime soon
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Good!!!! Enrole your self into a photo school, show what you do and then, take out the students from there to your home and teach them and they will pay you... That's I'm doing
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hahah.. wish i could
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Yeah! Now I remember... Thanks to this photo!!!!! I saw a video about a guy like the pipe man who was playing a Bach's sonate (or a partiten) with cups!!! In the street!!! ohhhhhhh!!!!! Want to go to Europe!!! Canada!!!! Whatever place is better than Argentina!!!!
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haha, and here i am saying i want to go to places like RIO, argentina, and stuff like that..
if only it worked to trade countries for a week or so
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Well If you came to Argentina you have a place to sleep, but food is expensive here!!! For us!!! So bring some food!!!! Or buy it here!!! with 10 dollars you can eat in one of the best restaurants from here and a big meal!!!!! You can take amazing pictures about abandioned and rust stuff!!! BEcause here alol is old and obsolete!!!
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lol.. i may have to take you up on that, sometime in the future 
to eat in a moderate restaurant here its about $20 including coke, desert, and a medium sized plate
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I forgot: checkl the [link] and then Cordoba and choose CERRO
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And this is the restaurant 4 blocks from my home [link]
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Take a look, they have subsidiaries in the whole country! [link]
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With 20 here you will drink champagne instead coke and eat a big caviar with a fucking great dessert included in one of the most important restaurants in Argentina!!!
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aaaaaaaaah! i wish i lived in argentina with US dollars
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I wish the same thing mate!!!
Lately, you can see a lot of foreigns here... BEcause the Argentinian Peso Devaluation, thing scost here 4 times even less than in Europe or USA. You know what? I live in a really big house with something like 60 meters of deepth backyard per 30 of width, having 2 flats and a house, all in the same terrain without counting the backyard... The house's cost is like 80000 thousand of dollars. And the neigborhood is one of the richiest from here (I'm not a rich man, I just had lucky
So mate, with 80 thousand of dollars you can buy such big house in a high wealth neighborhood if you want to come here ya know... However, with 400 dollars per month you can rent a big house like mine. I think you get the idea... Earn in dollars and living in Argentina, that's the trick 
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lol.. good stuff! i will have to find some sweet deal like that
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You can stay in my home mate, till findong a job and a home to live!
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lol.. i shall look for that first XD. and thanks for the offer
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It's ok mate... We're artists
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such a powerful photo. what camera are you using in these? The last few Ive seen have seemed very noisy/grainy and I was just wondering. Then again I havent slept very much in the last... month... and its pretty damn early so my eyes may not be working yet
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they are a bit grainy.. its a combination of the crappy kit lens, and my experimenting with camera settings..
i shoot with a minolta maxxum4 with 28-100 3.5-5.6
on the up side, i can replace it for about $50 if i need to
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well grainy or not you have a fantastic eye and your composition in all your photos are just spot on
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Awww, man. Powerful photo. A lot of your gallery seems very touching and personal - some very interesting subjects. This one is... kinda heartbreaking - only made more so by the fact that it's an incredible photo, wonderfully executed.
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thank you.. i figure everyone can take a picture, but i want to make people think.. if someone simwhere buys the next homelss person they see a sandwich, or a coffee, or even donates blankets or clothes, mission accomplished id say
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*nods* absolutely. That's a fantastic attitude to take towards your art, too.
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I enjoy taking pictures like this.. not because i enjoy not being in that position, but i believe my photo's will help someone, somewhere
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very sad story. Unfortunately your photo doesnt capture it. It's just a confusing photo.
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really? ive had people say they could 'read' that much into it, before looking at the desc..
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that's cool. Many people are more sensitive than I am I guess.
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hey, really great story caught there...
the not so focused i dont mind... but the contrast, is not the best one... the lights are over exposed, and the shadows under exposed...maybe you can bring some detail out of the shadows using PS...
but the composition, VERY strong.... really liked it
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i really need a new monitor, mine keeps defaulting to the wrong calibration
i want to buy an LCD 19in FS..
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Wow...that's really powerful...
It just goes to show how painful such a life is and why we should not only help these people, but also count our blessings.
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