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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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for sure 
im going to start shooting a book i hope to be published next year
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Thats really powerful. Though technically not great, the idea, and conept is phenomenal. Keep up the good work.
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wait.. nvm.. i just noticed the shopping cart.. i think i can put two and two together...
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yeah.. poor girl
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i woulda given her a hug maybe... hugs make people happy sometimes... and maybe taken her to Mcdonalds and bought her some food... but idk. i feel bad for people sometimes i guess :/
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wow... it's really powerful and emotional... i love it.
but why had he thrown change at her? and why was she crying?
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I love the emotion that floats through the picture.. The lightning is really good, and it works really well in b/w.
Great capture, I love it!
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Thank you very much
its heartbreaking to go out on the street and photograph it.. but im considering a book.. id of course give a chunk of procedes back to the community..
i just need to get a bit better..
thank you for looking.. i got a few more sad tales as this one i posted recently
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Thats a really good idea though, you should definitly do it! I mean, your stuff is more than good enough!
You are very welcome anyways
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People are horrible.
I almost feel bad that you got such a beautiful shot from this moment.
But it is beautiful, none the less. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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and thank you for the great comment..
i completely agree with you.. while some people are genuine assholes, there was a nice lady that stopped to check if the lady in another of my pics was still breathing.. infact 3 random people had stopped.. it was sad.. they wouldnt have all stopped if she was conscious
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Yeah I was reading that too. That shot was sad. :/
You see it here in Portland every day, but it's so striking to see it in your photos. Really hits home, y'know?
You take beautiful photographs.
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Wow, it is a good shot, but I have to say that Estudio has some great advise, I was using my hands as a quick crop actually, before I read any comments (according to my prof its a good idea so I am trying it alot now), and this deviant suggested the same cropping I liked best...Its got a good sense of direction too, the perspective helps to lead the eye from the girl to the man top-left, and great contrast too, the BG so light and the subjects so dark clearly define the subject matter. Its some good stuff here!
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thank you 
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Ah yes, so you do have some knowledge then...its not all spontaneous genius...lol well I figured it was something to do with refined skill, spontaneous would not be so consistent.
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Beautiful capture full of emotion
Was she crying from happiness?
Or because he 'threw money' at her?
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i would imagine not because of happiness.. probably the fact she was in a position she needed to pick up the small change..
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wow... I love your descriptions just as much as your images, thats really, really sad.
I love the shot too, I really like how you got this shot so fast that you got the guy in the frame.
I dont live in a big city, so I only see this kind of stuff on TV
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too much empty spaces. cropping is advisable so we could focus on the main subjects: the guy on the left frame, and the girl picking up the coins and crying, which seemed obvious enough even without your explanations -- which is actually quite good! but yeah, too much empty spaces bottom and top right of the frame... coz the first thing i see isn't the actual 'story-line' in this piece, but rather that small sterofoam cup on the window on the upper right frame of the shot...
i'd proly find cropping away the signboard up to proly a 1/4 of the shopping cart would do the trick. the signboard does tend to feel icky after awhile coz i see marvelous shadow-play here, which added more to the artistic values of this piece, which happens to be more photojournalism rather than urban street.
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i take in too much at once and sometimes overlook simplicity.. i was going for the shopping cart as an extention of her, but its not.. i gree with the wasted space.. but in someways i still liked it..
case in point in overlooking stuff.. that cup.. i just noticed.. its not good when someone can point something out in your picture that you didnt notice..
another lesson i will be vigilant in.. observing..
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yes, the shopping card is an extension of her, hense i thought would be best to still include parts of it if u still wish to do the crop... which the end result i see is somewhat better coz it removes all the annoying clutters and makes us focus more on the actual subjects herein.
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done and done.. i took about 1/2 of it out.. and next time i shoot a cart, someone will be intereacting with it more..
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It makes me feel bad that unlike everyone else I don't feel a lot in my heart when I see these pictures. But maybe it's because I see the real thing so often pictures no longer speak to me, only the real thing does. I think it would be good if people stopped letting their hearts get clenched up and started doing something to help these people so they wouldn't be degraded by assholes like the jerk who threw the money on the ground. *shrugs* Just a thought. It just is one of those things that make me angry. The images bother people, but when they are faced with a homeless person in the street they do nothing to help them. I'm not saying I'm one to talk, as I too can't always afford to give them money, or are skeptical of what they will use it for. But maybe if people bought them more food, or more warm clothes or blankets, then this sort of thing wouldn't happen so much. I dunno. The people of the city deffinatly don't always have good hearts.
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*sigh* your exactly right..
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OSJFASN!!! Don't take that the wrong way though! I'm not bashing! I just realized that might be what I sound like ;-; and I totally didn't mean it that way hun. <3<3
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have you ever read "In the Country of Last Things" by Paul Auster? because if you haven't....you need to.
this pic reminds me of that book.
A Lot.
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i havent.. by the sounds of it i will need to find it tho
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Dammit Fox. You take such powerful pictures. Everytime I see one of your pictures of these unfortunate people my heart clenches up.
I think these pictures show the true beauty that is to be found in this city. Its not just the mountains or the trees or whathaveyou...its the people.
So many others see these people as they see the trash that surrounds them. But you and your camera always manage to find beauty.
I would love to accompany you on one of your trips to Vancouver to get a chance to see the things as you see them. I really would.
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the next one should be sometime in october.. it would be fun to have you along.. i want to do more street shooting with other people.
and thank you
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The timing is nice to get her hair like that, and her pose works with the title. I also think it's great that you got the man who threw the change in the frame.
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i like that his foot is raised as to bid adieu to the woman he will never see again, or perhaps not remember her when he sees her next.. while not a perfect photo grain wise, i still love the look of her hair..
the "touched by an angel filter" i call it, a the bright light of truth and purity touch especially those who need it most
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His entire pose is beautiful. His hands down at his side and his arms not crossed. That's the classic way to accept good energy. And in truth, it's the pose we all go into after our Karma has been raised. He only gave that change to make himself feel good. His pose really shows it. He's also above her in the frame, just like the proverbial angel. It's symbolic, more than anything. Whether or not you intended it to be.
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infact the dropped change reflected more upon a need not for karma to be raised.. but a selfish act is rather what i percieved.. when i make the decision to give someone money, i hand it to them.. i dont simply drop it..
his pose does look like that of which you described, but i think it might just be the oposite..
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It's ironic. The conscious act of raising karma denounces the sentiment of it. I love that idea, and it's shown really well.
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That's a really interesting thought, and I agree.
Beautiful photo, Obsidian-Fox
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Wow. I live in Vancouver. Seriously powerful picture.
People leave North America to help people suffering from poverty. but it's right at home.
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i couldnt have said it bette rmyself..
ive got about 4 more i took this sunday posted already.. along the same lines
thank you
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