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You never know the reactions you'll get from the street. Hope you like it. cheers

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ferry kana 11 months ago

very nice !!!

Ricky Siegers 11 months ago

Excellent !!! Wings.

Petra Visser 11 months ago

Yes I like it very much. He makes me smile.

Wings Petra that's good you should read this it was below.

Al, after this encounter I did some research. SO here goes. After the Killing fields there was a second type of killing field which was worse. Just imagine al the people brought in for the first and tortured and forced to confess and to list other people . Millions did just to stop the torture. Stopping the torture did not always save them. But for a few it did. When Vietnam entered Cambodia they wanted the world to know what had happen and to open the records. Unfortunately the records were the confessions of innocent people suffering their trial of torture an in a very direct way forced to admit names. So many did . The conditions where forgotten and families that lost family members started taking revenge on each other. IN effect the old men and children became victims by friends and neighbors and associates. Many that could fled into the jungles to live out their lives. SO seeing a person this old, one can make a connection that they wish to continue to live and not be seen or noticed. I did not learn this until another adventure talking to senior men that live in off the road temples in obscure places as their care takers. Some recall something and now others don't or don't want to recall out side husbands leqving them for another woman to start a family with.

So his anger towards me just might be a personal part of the history of post unrest from a genocide.

Petra Visser I'm sorry I didn't noticed the anger of the man. And now I fully understand it. I thought the man was making a joke with you as photographer. But now I interpretate it completely different. I like it anyway. Thanks for your comment

Wings NO problem the picture makes me smile but for accomplishment not the pain.. you are now my friend.. cheers

Helmut Schadt 11 months ago

Wonderful photograph!

Brin 11 months ago

.... a wonderful expression. Excellent work!

Brin 11 months ago

Again a wonderful image, great moment and

Wings Brin you're the man

Alex Lee 11 months ago

Excellent capture!

Wings Thanks Alex

Hari Sulistiawan 11 months ago

Hi wings...very special edition...again...again...:)

Wings I give my heart ..and not what's cool or in trend.

Stefan Dusicka 11 months ago

good moment

Wings Thanks friend

Wings 11 months ago

Thank you all.. this is an open letter to my mind and why I went to Indonesia and Cambodia. I hope you enjoy it because its from the field working to solve problems when trying to shoot.

Thanks. I have to admit Indonesia was nothing like I gathered at first from the images a few great shooters there that know how to skip over reality and delve into illustrative paradise. I was looking for fantastic dreamy net throwers, kids playing soccer while splashing in pristine water, and youth bonding with water buffalo as seen on 1x.

Next was a language class in which i had to figure out how to communicate as a photographer being that I was now there on a visual quest. Oh what fun.

The humidity caused me to grow gills like a fish behind my ears. And I had to figure what and how I would be shooting in addition to getting around, because 40 kilos is out of the question there in the fields with you climate challenges. The challenge to figure out a solution is something I like. The first four days was painful but as I know. Life is like a raging flood once in it you have to accept it and be as every one else.

In Borobudur the temple climb without ample water and the will to succeed, and survive while being kind to a few hundred vendors that circled me like the Japanese did at peal harbor on the first day just about drove me crazy as many would stand in front of my lens. This was to be a lesson of how to crash and burn in grace or learn to succeed and get the shots I had planned out before arriving. Shooting the first day was not by any means pretty. In fact it was ugly. All I could do was laugh to the point of tears. I did manage to get a few shots and survive the onslaught of people.

With the top of Borobudur closed for repair I was able to place my rage there and drown out the people selling and focus on my compassionate side which is all about people.

At the hotel I crashed and thought about everything that was going wrong. At one time I had moved to Tucson on Arizona which is a desert town where you can place a raw egg on the side walk and watch it fry. Here I once thought life began in the day when in fact life or social life happens at night in the cooler temperatures. With this knowledge I simply applied it to central Indonesia and was glad to turn around the dilemma of day time plans and baptize myself into your culture. The day had limited goals which could only grow after understanding the people. I was able to immediately see progress the night before the festival of Buddha's birth and death at Borodudur.

I love people and people love me face to face. From then on shooting was a dream and I was surprised to discover how blind national geographic and the BBC documentaries really are. Walking the same earth and learning to smile with the people of Indonesia and especially in Jarkarta brings a healing light of humanity, equality and friendship.

For me this is the true paradise of your domain and not the illustrative production Images found in a coca cola contest or in a photographer of the year award in a silly magazines found on news stands for a few pounds or dollars.

Sharing knowledge and laughing with an intent to bond from listening to the stories of life is the heart beat of mankind and photography.

I'll return and hope to meet the many 1x shooters I thought I'd encounter and walk in in therer mother land.

I want to leave you with one thing I was touched by each day in Indonesia. Your morning prayers over the loud speakers became my morning meditation before every venture out the door. If no one has taken the time to feel about the people I suggest just to listen to the sound regardless of ones faith and camera you are itching to shoot because of it's brand bragging rights. Without the spirit there is no art no faith and no comprehension

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uROmmwtfx4I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

always a friend even if difficult to understand at times.

wings

Willem de Vlaming 11 months ago

Congrats Great capture

Wings thanks a ton. I'm not sure the caption came along with it but this was a true one on one with aggression coming from him.
needless to say nothing is a walk in the park but instead raw and very real.

Willem de Vlaming I know, I've read your story on Fotoblur that went with the image there. Must have been quite intense

coci liviu 11 months ago

Wings Thanks, the next time I'll be on a boat somewhere in Norway.

Al Sheihk 11 months ago

I thought he was trying to catch the camera,but I guess I am wrong,an ambiguous movement of his hand.

Wings Al, after this encounter I did some research. SO here goes. After the Killing fields there was a second type of killing field which was worse. Just imagine al the people brought in for the first and tortured and forced to confess and to list other people . Millions did just to stop the torture. Stopping the torture did not always save them. But for a few it did. When Vietnam entered Cambodia they wanted the world to know what had happen and to open the records. Unfortunately the records were the confessions of innocent people suffering their trial of torture an in a very direct way forced to admit names. So many did . The conditions where forgotten and families that lost family members started taking revenge on each other. IN effect the old men and children became victims by friends and neighbors and associates. Many that could fled into the jungles to live out their lives. SO seeing a person this old, one can make a connection that they wish to continue to live and not be seen or noticed. I did not learn this until another adventure talking to senior men that live in off the road temples in obscure places as their care takers. Some recall something and now others don't or don't want to recall out side husbands leqving them for another woman to start a family with.

So his anger towards me just might be a personal part of the history of post unrest from a genocide.

yousef sayadi 11 months ago

very nice shot

Wings thanks

ubaldo lorenzo dati 11 months ago

Excellent shooting.

Wings I try and only shoot when I'm turned on by the subject matter

Marie-Louise 11 months ago

Great spontaneous capture that makes me smile. Very "Wings"!

Wings Thanks and please read my comment above to other 1x members. We learn a lot at times from a single encounter with a camera. cheers

Jenya Saifutdinov 11 months ago

Fine!

Wings Thanks friend

Jef Van den Houte 11 months ago

Expressive capture

Wings Thank you Jef

Antonio Grambone 11 months ago

Hi Wings,
I really like the expression you captured smiling... great work.
Compliments and greetings, Antonio G.

Wings Read above , glad people like this one. However with what I've learned I'm not sure I'd be so quick to shoot what I encountered.

Dragan M. Babovic 11 months ago

excellent.

Wings Thanks

mohammad mahdi shaghayegh 11 months ago

very nice shot

Wings Its all about being awake and in mycase not knowing what I might have encountered in history untold.

mohammad mahdi shaghayegh 11 months ago

very nice shot

Jacob Tuinenga 11 months ago

Wonderful moment and shot.
hopefully your camera will survive :)

Wings Its in the shop as I write

Jole 11 months ago

So nice! My compliments

Wings thanks

Risquillo 11 months ago

Splendid moment....., great tones and pp Wings!

Wings Thanks I converted the shot to BW. Too much red and browns. I wanted the message not the pop or sizzle. :)

hardibudi 11 months ago

great shot Wings!

Wings thanks

Robert 11 months ago

Seems she like to scratch your eyes out!!!:-)))) Good one Wings! Robert

Wings Robert get your sex correct its a man. hahah . Here is the story for you that might explain the moment.

after this encounter I did some research. SO here goes. After the Killing fields there was a second type of killing field which was worse. Just imagine al the people brought in for the first and tortured and forced to confess and to list other people . Millions did just to stop the torture. Stopping the torture did not always save them. But for a few it did. When Vietnam entered Cambodia they wanted the world to know what had happen and to open the records. Unfortunately the records were the confessions of innocent people suffering their trial of torture an in a very direct way forced to admit names. So many did . The conditions where forgotten and families that lost family members started taking revenge on each other. IN effect the old men and children became victims by friends and neighbors and associates. Many that could fled into the jungles to live out their lives. SO seeing a person this old, one can make a connection that they wish to continue to live and not be seen or noticed. I did not learn this until another adventure talking to senior men that live in off the road temples in obscure places as their care takers. Some recall something and now others don't or don't want to recall out side husbands leqving them for another woman to start a family with.

So his anger towards me just might be a personal part of the history of post unrest from a genocide.