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The men of the house

Bulang ethnic minority

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Kent Mathiesen 4 months ago

What a great picture, Shows so mouth.

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Kent!

Pourya 6 months ago

i love it

Manjit Singh Hoonjan 6 months ago

Truly beautiful!

Nicolas Marino thanks a lot Manjit!

Manjit Singh Hoonjan The most important reason why I like your pictures are that they seem not overly edited and I can say I am still a bit of a purist. So over-editing makes me feel like its more of digital art and less of photography... but I guess anyone can chose what one wants. :-) Having said all that... edited or non-edited. This site has crazy amount of good work.. and there is LOTS that I need to learn! :-)

Antonio Diaz 7 months ago

¡Qué bien ejecutada! Serena y armoniosa.

Nicolas Marino Muchas gracias Antonio :)

Qin 9 months ago

As always, wonderful, wonderful love these lenses!

Noelle Clearwater 9 months ago

This is a wonderful capture, so full of life. I was reading a little about the Bulang culture. They are actually closer to the Burmese although they are as you mention here, an ethnic minority in China. Facinating history they have. these boys are so great!

Nicolas Marino thank you very much Noelle. Indeed they live right at the border between Burma and China. All this region is inhabited by ethnic minorities (to the chinese) but hey aren't burmese either, even if they are closer to them. Fascinating region. :)

limawhisky 9 months ago

wow.. this was a good experience that you were in their house to know about their culture but how about the language, do they speak english or spanish? beautiful documentary portrait hermano...

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Unggul ! Of course no english no spanish, but I speak chinese, and the little kids who go to school do speak it. Through them I can communicate with the elders which speak the buland dialect. :) It was a really beautiful experience.

Anisha Kaul 9 months ago

and you did give those children some chocolates as a return favor? ;)

Nicolas Marino hehehe actually i use not to give them candies because i don't want to ruin their teeth but i was happy to be able to send them the photos and they all loved them so much :)

Meike Hofstetter 9 months ago

Jeez! It is only now I saw this one.
Yeah.. they do look like the men of the house.
Wonderful capture!

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Meike! :)

Pavan Kaul 9 months ago

A lovely picture Nico! Great light and tones! I love it!

Nicolas Marino thanks a lot Pavan ji !

Guido Rustichini 9 months ago

fantastica

Nicolas Marino molto grazie Guido!!

Nicole Goggins 9 months ago

great pov and colours...

Nicolas Marino Thank you very much NIcole!

Francis Marquez 10 months ago

A deep prelude captured, well done!

Nicolas Marino Thanks you very much Francis!

Codrin Lupei 10 months ago

Excellent Nicolas, so well captured, I like it a lot! Great image, congrats! Thanks for sharing!

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot my friend !!

Richard Spurdens 10 months ago

Great expression and light and colours too

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Richard!

Henry Trust 10 months ago

Wonderful moment n captured..

Nicolas Marino thanks a lot Henry

gerard sexton 10 months ago

Smashing piece Nicolas thank you for sharing this!

Nicolas Marino What a honor that you like it Gerry! Thanks so much! =)

Vladimir Frolikoff 10 months ago

Truthfully and vividly!

Nicolas Marino Spasiba Vladimir :)

Artur Stefanowski 10 months ago

good, I like it ...

Nicolas Marino Thanks artur

Helle Lorenzen 10 months ago

Great shot from a nice angle....;-)

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Helle!

mohammad mahdi shaghayegh 10 months ago

very nice shot

Nicolas Marino kheyli mamnoon mohammad!

Rita LaVeck 10 months ago

:) :) :)

Nicolas Marino :))))))

Rita LaVeck 10 months ago

:) :) :)

Nicolas Marino :)))))

Rudy Harianto 10 months ago

awesome !

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Rudy !

Risquillo 10 months ago

Bravo Nico, ahora en color!
Excelente como siempre amigo!

Nicolas Marino gracias risqui! Casi siempre intento color al ppio pero tu sabes a veces te rebotan todo acá y hay que probar. Pero siempre trato de que sean color aunqeu el BW me fascina también

Corrado Chiozzi 10 months ago

Nicolas, the story you're telling us about Asia is, day by day, always most extraordinary... thank you so much !!

With affection and respect,
Corrado

Nicolas Marino I am honored by your words caro Corrado! Thanks so so so much for your words! molto grazie!!

Andre du Plessis 10 months ago

The light from between the floor boards, that serious and cooperative look and posture from the boy in front, not to mention all the stuff in the BG - wonderful environmental presentation of this family. ....and I like the inclusion of that hotpoint of light up above.

Nicolas Marino Andre, it is so great to read this! Thanks. I had a strong doubts about leaving or not the hole in the roof or not. I had 1x paranoia thinking It'd be rejected for that haha! But I went with how i feel better and left it. I'm glad I did.
This was one split second when they both stopped but they were so so excited I was there that they wouldn't stop moving. You should see the others, they were wild! The cracks were what gave this exceptional light quality, the scorching sun outside filtered through every single crack and made this beautiful golden light.

Monique 10 months ago

oh..what a cute little guys...they are really lovely .
great scene..and great quality as well.
:)

Nicolas Marino they could be great boyfriends for your lovely girls Moni! heheheh :) nah, they were really wild! i think they would drive them crazy. better not :P
Thanks a lot ! :)

Ricky Siegers 10 months ago

I like to see the way they look at you Nicolas !

Nicolas Marino hehehe you should see how crazy the drove me too Ricky! They wouldn't stop running all around, this was a split second and I clicked =)

Hari Sulistiawan 10 months ago

very wide...great portrait Nico

Nicolas Marino THanks so much Hari :)

Heidi Westum 10 months ago

A great documentary - with nice portraits :)

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Heidi !

Jenya Saifutdinov 10 months ago

Interestingly and than this boy in the foreground and where it looks thinks? Work very is pleasant!

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Jenya !

teoman cimit 10 months ago

i was in yunnan this year and will go back next year. when i saw your photo i sad i should have a bigger look and yes, i was right, it is yunnan :) what a special place to be and very nice photo...

Nicolas Marino Hi Teoman, indeed, what a fantastic place Yunnan is. It has endless opportunities for photography. I've been there several times in different places and never get enough of it. Thanks!! :)

teoman cimit i have may be been to china 50 times because of my work and almost havent felt to be in china till i got to yunnan!! i know it's changing as china is and want to go back in april 2012...

Kim Ayres 10 months ago

Another wonderful photo, Nico! Great POV too - down at floor level. I can almost smell the wood :)

Nicolas Marino thanks a lot Kim! yes, i was lying down on the burning floor while they wouldn't stop moving around like crazy until they stopped and I clicked!! =)

Marei 10 months ago

It is a wonderful work, lieber Nic.
Echt stark! Großartige Perspektive.
Ich gratuliere Dir.
Alles Liebe, Marei

Nicolas Marino Vielen Daaaaank Marei :) oh, Ich denke dass, letzte Woche ich dich in Screening gesehen habe!

Marei hehe... das stimmt :-)
Du bist gut...

Grif 10 months ago

fantastica!

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Lorenzo! =)

Vincent chung 10 months ago

Great one...!

Nicolas Marino Thanks al ot Vincent !

Vlad Dumitrescu 10 months ago

Great image, Nicolas! Bravo!

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Vlad =)

Sebastian Kisworo 10 months ago

nice portrait, perfect lighting. impressive social life capture.

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Sebas!

Reggy 10 months ago

A real Marino ..... just great and I can look at it for hours. You captured the world of the children so well, always curious :-)
I have never heard of Bulang people, I will google on Internet and find out.
Have a beautiful day Nic!

Nicolas Marino Thanks so much dear Reggy! Yes, the Bulang are among many of the minorities that live along the China-Burma-Laos border. They are amazingly lovely and friendly. Others are the Dai and the Akku living in the same area. They all share the same regions and live in peace, no conflicts. A nice place to walk around, but it's a lot more humid than Xinjiang :)

Reggy I have plans to go to Yunnan next year, I'm glad I got that information now :-)) Thanks and have a good day Nicolas!

Phyllis Clarke 10 months ago

Nic - Two beautiful children...The peddle pushers as we use to call them here are fabulous.It is just such a shock to see the Western clothes on the kids right down to the shoes. So many things that are interesting to look at it..and I cannot mention that all..but I did want to mention one..and that is those paintings on the wall....That too somehow connects us all...that no matter where we go people want their home to look like a beautiful nest. Congratulations. Phyllis

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Phyl! Yes, cheap chinese made western style clothes are spread all over the country no matter the minority. It is sad. There are very few remaining that dress in their original attires, mainly the very old people.
Btw, these are the grandchildren of the woman in the kitchen you already know :)

Henrik Just 10 months ago

Impressive image, Nico !

Did you use a flash for this one, or how about the light ?

Congrats !

Regards

Henrik

Nicolas Marino Thanks a lot Henrik! :) No, no flash at all, this is ISO 3200, in the south of CHina along the border with Burma, the sun is blistering outside and the houses have cracks everywhere where light filters in magically like here! I was very lucky. Reproducing this with flash would've been way too difficult !