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erdna (5713) 2006-11-24 22:27

Your photo and notes can be in India or in the Philippines as exactly the same thingis happening. Those sturdy plastic bags are even used to waterproof their roofs. I am not shocked. It is a reality and your photo documented this. TFS.

Andre'

everlasting (19680) 2006-11-25 2:45

Hi Laurent, do youhave a new camera. this takes on a whole new quality. I believe this recycling industry goes on all over Asia, and probaly most of the third world. We reycle here of course, in the west ut it is not on the same scale. I remember in Burma seeign stalls selling the lids of jars and another just selling the empty plastic film canisters, (that we all used to use). A good documnetray shot and in the real TE spirit.

sam224 (6215) 2006-11-25 3:29

A good documentary shot: I was in Mumbay two years ago for business and I remember the slumps surrounding the city. a scene like this should be very common since there are a lot of people looking for something to eat.
Good note. Thanks for sharing

ChrisJ (171146) 2006-11-25 6:58

Hi laurent

Good daily life scene of the manat work recycling the garbage. Excellent colour & sharpness. Tfs!

robertbartolome (270) 2006-11-25 7:58

Hi Laurent,

I really admire the way you capture the daily life of people. This scene is also happening in the my country, the Philippines. And I agree with John C, "One man's waste is another man's goldmine."

Technically, the photo is superb... in composition, your POV, the sharpness, the colors... excellent work!

Cheers!

feather (51130) 2006-11-25 10:13

This is a fine daily life capture Laurent with excellent information value. Re-cycling is a worldwide issue and interesting to see how it is done in other countries. quality-wise the image is first-rate.
Kath
(Thanks for the advice on Googling in Italian - it was so obvious but I didn't think of it. K)

john_c (24666) 2006-11-25 11:58

Hi Laurent,
As various versions of the saying go: "One man's waste is another man's goldmine." It is staggering to note how large some of these cities are in India that many of us have never heard of...Good clarity of detail, superb light, and high impact achieved with this close-up, no nonsense view. A most informative note to accompany. Well captured.
John

Gerrit (62042) 2006-11-25 19:00

Hi Laurent,
a good way to recicle as much as you can also.
Well chosen POV and composition. Good portrait.
Regards, Gerrit

deblink (2548) 2006-11-25 22:14

Hi Laurent,
Yes the recycling florishes here in Australia too. People are often seen here going through rubbish bins to collect bottles because we have a small deposit that will be repaided when the bottle is returned to a depot. One of the reasons is to stop people throwing them around and polluting the other is so that they can be turned into something more useful. Your image is grand and no the man doesn't look as though he is going hungry. Thank you for sharing.
cheers,
Debbie

vincz (19113) 2006-11-26 3:28

Image d'une tres tres bonne qualite, les differentes textures sur la peu, sur les sacs, sur le T-shirt sont vraiment bien rendues. Bon sujet aussi. Belle reussite.

axiotea (21651) 2006-11-26 6:06

Hi Lo,
Jolie photo reportage concertant le "recycling", d ou le titre de ta compo. Bonne nettete et cadrage. Je ne trouve pas cette photo soit trop dure d autant plus que le recyclage est necessaire et fait vivre beaucoup de gens.
A+
Marilyn

goodwill (4274) 2006-11-26 11:44

Ha Ha Ha Laurent
The big belly means he is not poor, ha ha ha, what an observatio man.
This person is Kabaree and if I am right he is nothing less than a millionaire.
A quality note man.
Rajeev

thaprem (2566) 2006-11-27 8:02

Laurent,
I liek the way you have brought the Man here looking serious & trying to do the Job as best he can as may of us, whatever social strata we are...
The placement, light all accentuating the tale.
Cheers,
Prem.

jafadabret (56501) 2006-11-27 14:15

Laurent, c'est encore une belle photo de ta série de photo-reportage sur les petits métiers de la rue. Cette photo est bien composée avec une excellente lumière. Chez nous les petits métiers des rues ont disparu, c'est dommage la rue s'est un peu plus déshumanisée.
Jacques

prezntime (3946) 2006-11-28 20:52

Greetings Laurent.
It is true, sometimes we are fooled by the veneer and don't see the reality. Here we have a gentleman who obviously isn't for want of a bit of food. The grittiness of the shot helps us understand the true nature of life in a city such as this. The perspective is quite good as you have gotten very close and chose the high POV. The man silhouetted against the white bag helps bring his face out of the busy pile that he sits in. Excellent, telling photo.
Regards,
Chris.

plimrn (21344) 2006-12-08 6:53

Hi Laurent,
The beautiful generally do get more praise; but your shot is the exception; with it's excellent detail and framing with the man surrounded by his work. I especially like shots of people at work.

We also have fat 'cannery workers.' In San Diego, most of our recyclers are homeless; studies indicate that at least of 50% of the homeless are mentally ill. Over the past 10 years I've started seeing fat schizophrenics talking to themselves as they pick through the trash. When I see this, I know they're taking their olanzapine. It's an antipsychotic that has a side effect of obesity. However, your guy is clearly not homeless; not with that spotless white undershirt.
Regards, Pat

banyanman (7797) 2007-04-01 3:51

An interesting and well composed 'man at work' photograph, Laurent - a sort of cross between a daily life shot and a portrait shot. On the technical side, perhaps a very slight adjustment in curves or with the PS shadows/highlights tool could have brought out a little more detail in the shadows. Cheers . . . David