GUIDELINES FOR THIS GROUP GALLERY

 

Please do not post photos that are not of a Documentary nature in this group gallery. Photos that do not meet this requirement will be removed.

 

Whenever you post a photo to the gallery we ask that you come back to this topic area, and tell us your name, put a link to the photo, and tell us about your picture. Initially we would like to ask that you limit your uploads to one per week.

 

However, when a call for a series is announced we will let you know the number of pictures you can upload.

 

We very much want to encourage a group discussion around photos that you see in the gallery so feel free to bring up your reactions, and thoughts.

 

Hi Phyllis !!!

Great Idea !!!!

But I will have first to understand what is really a documentary picture and after that try some out ;-)

 

I will follow here, with a lot of interest !!

cheers from France

 

Take a look at the About on the top of the profile page where Jan and Eliza have taked about the purpose of the group. That might help.

 

And when you see them here. just ask...I am sure they will tell you...what they are both interested in is Social Documentary photos...

 

:) Yes, glad you are here.

Phyl

Hello Frank, as Phyllis says we have posted a general statement about Documentary Photography in the About section, but I know there is so much more to be said.... I look forward very much to this forum developing with everyone's ideas and input. And welcome :)

Hi,

I've just read your statement in the "About" section.

Very interesting, I'll try and do my best to conform to the rules when posting photos (I don't have many documentary ones) but please don't hesitate to remove them if you think they don't fit, it will never be a problem for me if you do, so don't hesitate, I'll understand perfectly.

I 'll try as soon as I get my own comptuter from repair.

I wish you all the best with this great group,

Marie-Claude

Oh no Marie-Claude, don't worry - I don't think it's meant to sound as 'kali' (stern) as it perhaps comes across as :). If a macro rain drop appeared, for example, we might show it the door, but I think there are many ways of seeing and documenting our lives around us, and it will be so interesting to see what develops. Good luck with the camera repair!

computer repair....sorry :)

First, congratulations to Eliza and Jan on their new responsibilities and at the same time position! I hope it proves to be enjoyable and rewarding.

 

I have a couple of comments about dedicating this group to mostly social documentary and specifically this part of the About statement: "social, and often also political, issues that relate to inequality, injustice and human rights".

 

I am inclined to think that then the group should be probably renamed to Social Documentary. Otherwise, its current name is much more inclusive than the current intent is. Conversely, its content can be made much more inclusive.

 

Let's suppose both name and intent do not change. I have a friend photographer who take street shots in Europe, thus really documenting European life for me. Does that qualify for this group? I have a shot from Russia, http://1x.com/photo/151652/all:user:45800 , is it documentary for this group purposes? No, it has not been added to this group.

 

In general, it seems to me when documentary concentrates on social and political, mostly in third world countries, it stops in a way being documentary. It does document - but a fraction of the human life on the planet. It becomes one-sided if you will. This is not a commentary on this group anymore but generally on the documentary photography tendency, as exemplified by World Press.

 

Sorry if it seems more philosophical than you probably intended but when to discuss it if not now :-) .

 

Anna

Dear Frank,

Thank you for your very relevant and interesting question - what is documentary photography? This will be one of the first discussions we would like to have with the members of this group. We are very keen to explore this topic with the members. You will soon hear from us :)

Jan

Hi Eliza,

Thanks a lot for your answer, I don't find your "about" stern at all, on the opposite, I appreciate a lot its being so precise, it's a great help for those, like me ;-) who are not so sure about the diffference between "street photo" and documentary.

I agree with you, iwill be very interesting to follow what develops.

Thanks for your wishes reagarding my computer :-)

MC

Sorry Jan, i didn't read your answerto frank before I answered to Eliza, Yes I'd be very interested in such a topic "what is documentary photography?", an excellent one to start with.

 

MC

I don't consider myself much of a documentarian, but I have to agree with Anna. Your definition is far more narrow than the title belies. It is more narrow than even the published gallery of Documentary photos on 1x would belie. If you look at the most popular Documentary photos published on 1x, your definition would only include @60% of them.

 

So I agree, either broaden the guidelines in "About" (preferred imo) or change the name of the Group to your stated phrase "Social Documentary."

 

Dear Anna,

Documentary can be from anywhere in the World. It can be from your own household, if you like. You decide.

 

Yes Clyde, our documentary has much to do with social documentary. You are absolutely right. We just keep the title Documentary for some technical reasons.

 

Jan

Hi Jan,

 

Thanks for the answer. As far as I know there should be no technical reasons not being able to rename a group. If memory serves, the Editing group was recently renamed to Editing and Creativity. The group title is just a field in the database.

 

By "our" do you mean everybody's future pictures in this gallery? Just making sure I understand. If so, does it mean that European street shots unrelated to social and political photography do not qualify? Or shall we discuss it in your future discussion about what is documentary photo?

 

Thanks,

Anna

Thanks Jan for being clear and precise :-)

 

I think you are right, this title Documentary fits the topic perfectly, I'm really looking forward to watching the photos and learning about this type of photography.

 

MC

 

I posted my first "old" documentary shot, and it's a child bicycling in the city of Vlorë Albania in 1997. Unfortunately I can' t find the negative (as for many other shots) so it' s a scan from a print.

 

http://1x.com/photo/189028/all:user:249644

 

Please read the info tab for details.

Gianni

Hey everyone,

 

My name is Parizad and here is the link to a photo I recently added - http://1x.com/photo/202991/

 

The picture is of a woman belonging to the 'Badaga' tribe. Though originally from Karnataka, I encountered a lot of people of this tribe in a small village in Tamil Nadu, India. The woman suffers from Leprosy, a disease that is quite prevalent in the rural parts of the country, and has a lot of social stigma surrounding it. Lepers are considered to be untouchables and evil and what not, but this woman was one of the nicest people I've met. She insisted I come into her house have a glass of tea and snacks even though I was a complete stranger and did not even speak her language.

 

The one thing that caught my eye the most was her radiant smile. It truly amazed me how someone who would have faced so much adversity in her life, could smile like she had nothing at all to worry about. I found it truly amazing and tried my best to capture the beauty of the moment.

 

Hi Parizad

 

Thank you for posting the image, and then telling us about it; she does indeed have a lovely smile. What a beautiful person she is and I think it's a lovely image in black and white.

 

It does amaze me that, in this day and age, a disease like leprosy is still so prevalent in our world, we have it here too. The diagnosis and treatment of it is relatively easy nowadays, but it's the developing countries it obviously hits the hardest, where the biggest factors I think are lack of facilities, education, access to medication and treatment etc.

 

The stigma is still so much the issue isn't it, the horror that people feel towards the mere mention of the disease. A dear friend of mine here, an old lady, drives up the mountain every month or so and visits a medical centre that treats people with leprosy. She tells me that the reaction she gets from others, when she talks about this, is astonishing and not hugely positive.

 

Were you able to show this lady the image (even on the back of the camera?). How lovely that you were able to spend time with her, a chance meeting like that...sometimes these things are just meant to happen :)

Since leprosy is indeed contagious, perhaps through skin and perhaps through breathing, and the leprosy consequences are severe for people who don't have access to drugs, I think it's at least understandable if such people are treated as untouchable by regular folks, not doctors who know how to protect themselves. This is pretty much a rudimentary idea of the modern days quarantine. Is it reasonable to abolish quarantine for cholera patients? Plague or smallpox, should those, God forbid, return?

Hansen's Disease aka Leprosy requires some facts to understand. It is not contagious, it is infectious, and not highly so. It is not necessary to quarantine people. 95 percent of the worlds population is immune. Once someone is on treatment you can not get it from them. It comes from nasal droplets, and to get it you have to be in close contact over a long period of time.

 

The problem is the stigma that is attached to it, because it has been around a long time (ancient), and many people from underdeveloped countries with limited medical resources do not understand the disease, nor the medical treatment for it in this modern world.

 

The WHO has some good facts about the disease. Educating people including doctors is critical. We have cases here in the US.

 

http://www.hrsa.gov/hansensdisease/

 

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en/

 

I forgot to say that the worse thing you can do is treat them as untouchable. It seems highly unlikely that you will contact it - if you take them to a doctor for treatment. It is a progressive disease, so the earliest treatment possible is needed.

I am not a doctor, but I do trust the WHO and the CDC in the US.

Phyllis

Thank you Phyllis for writing all that down here, that is certainly my understanding of leprosy too.

 

"It was not until the introduction of MDT in the early 1980s that the disease could be diagnosed and treated successfully within the community"

So only the availability of drugs, including their actual usage, and only very recently from the historical perspective can sort of guarantee that new people will not be infected.

 

Anna

We must both be getting old.

The 1980's are a long time ago Over 20 years.

I think that is enough time to learn...but people need education.

 

Phyllis, 20 years is nothing from the historical perspective :-) . Also, I wonder if you had any experience, even if only hearsay, with Lime disease. It was first described in early eighties, about the same time ago. Doctors in America still have trouble treating it and tend to dismiss patients complaints. So, education among educated takes time, and meanwhile we should not judge uneducated too harshly on how they deal with often untreated patients, while the Western medicine is still not in complete agreement on how leprosy is transferred....

Anna,

It would appear that the World Health Organization, and the Center for Disease Control in the US have a different set of facts then you have presented.

 

http://www.hrsa.gov/hansensdisease/

 

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs101/en/

 

I will add:

 

Doctors 'do' know how to treat Hansens' Disease. Most people are immune, and once treated are not infectious any longer.

 

To compare it to the Plague or Smallpox seems unnecessarily extreme to me. Both these diseases are highly contagious, spread rapidly from person to person, few are immune, and you die a rather terrible death - pretty quickly. Hansens' Disease does not do any of these things.

 

Lyme Disease is relatively 'new' in terms of understanding identifying and labeling it, but Hansens' Disease has been around for a thousand years and more.

There was an excellent program on NRP I heard only last week..on Lyme Disease in the US ...

http://www.npr.org/2013/06/26/195223507/the-lyme-wars-that-tiny-ticks-have-wrought

 

If you have a good doctor, you wil probably be cured - if you have Lyme Disease. Once again they do know what causes it, and how to treat it..it is finding it that is the problem... Why"

 

Because there are thousands of RARE diseases...and many are not understood, not studied enough and treatment is affected. Not enough people have them

 

There is an organization that deals with RARE diseases...it is called NORAD

http://www.rarediseases.org/

 

One of the main reasons that disease like Lyme go untreated is related to money for research. When a disease affects a small percentage of the population, it is not cost effective for private companies to conduct the proper research to find the treatment. So it took them some time to deal with Lyme.

 

They have spent billions on Hansens' Disease...and the number of people affected is on the decrease.

 

Hello, my name is Jorge Zuniga added this photo yesterday

 

http://www.1x.com/photo/213920/

 

Two mapuche women playing the "kultrun" (a mapuche drum made of wood and leather) during a ceremony. I was very lucky that they let me photograph the ceremony, because it's very intimate, and most of the time they didn't like photos.

Dear groups members,

 

Lately, we have experienced that a number of photos, which we do not consider as documentary photos have been uploaded on the gallery of the Documentary Group. Consequently, we have removed these photos - not because these are not good photos, but merely because they do not fall within the category "documentary".

 

A documentary photo as a minimum to tells a story - the photo or often a series of photos document an event that has occurred, the life and experience of people or places of special interest. Documentary photos are often real life reportage.

 

Documentary photography usually includes a description or story of what is shown in the photo or in the series of photos. Documentary photos often relate to longer term projects with a well described story line.

 

Therefore, please remember to include your stories with the photos that you upload and keep the guidelines for photos in our gallery in mind. We would like that photos in the gallery can be of inspiration for others interested in documentary work.

 

Keep up the good work :)

 

Jan

I have add the photo "Steel Melt" which i took with my Fuji X100. I just visited that place yesterday the first time as i have to work there now for couple of weeks in order to bring up a new vessel which increases the production of this very old melt shop. I am always fascinated on such places as i can read in it like in a book about the history of that place. The tightness and the mess everywhere and not to talk from the dirt all over and the missing environmental protection systems. Its a real challenge for me this job. A melt shop called LD shop or steel melt shop reduces mainly carbon which is the friend and the enemy inside steel via burning them with oxygen. Also silica, manganese, phosphor and sulfur will be reduced. Many people know that principle better under the name Linz-Donauwitz which has been used industrial in bigger measure since 1950. Shown on the picture which i have taken from the torpedo pit which is the point were the raw steel is delivered from the blast furnace is the desulphurization station with the BOF shop floor in the back above.

 

The light was really bad and it will not get better. So i took the freedom and clicked the picture with ISO 3200. WHat i want to show is the real messy and almost chaotic situation. Hope you will like it!

 

http://www.1x.com/photo/217390/group:216:all:admin:3875

 

Hello, my name is Vince Russell. I have added this photo to the group:

 

http://1x.com/photo/246246/all:user:227992

 

He was a regular in that part of the city. His bed changed from night to night, but the most luxurious was one under the nearby train bridge. His was a simple and uncomplicated life. Everything that mattered to his survival could be found within that purple suitcase. Food? There was plenty! The fact that this was a restaurant area was no coincidence. The alley-way skips and bins were his pantry. What he was missing was a home. What he was missing was a future.

In 1942, the United States government ordered more than 110,000 men, women, and children to leave their homes and detained them in remote, military-style camps. Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of ten camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. It is located near Independence, CA (no irony there…). This is a monument in the camp cemetery with the eastern slopes of the Sierra Mountains in the background. The inscription on the front reads "Soul Cleansing Tower."

 

This was shot on Kodak PX 125 film using a Nikon F100 and Nikon 20mm f2.8 AF-D. Scanned via Nikon Coolscan 4000 and final toning in PS.

 

http://1x.com/photo/281022/group:216:all

Dear Phyllis,

 

please accept my apology for being so dim. I hope it will work now.

 

http://1x.com/photo/286004/group:216:allV

 

The photo was taken in Eastern Madagascar at the shores of the Faraony River.

Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world. 175 countries in the world are on the UN-list of the poorest coutries and Madagascar is on rank 149.

 

So, digging for gold is not a luxury problem in Madagascar ( I hate the term of "First World Problem" - we live all in ONE world !) its more a question of survival. On that very day we stopped for the 3rd time due to a flat tire. I was strolling around and suddenly I saw the man in the river bed.

 

....and then I had to have this photo ;-))

 

cordially

Uwe

Dear Uwe,

No problem at all. Sometimes it takes a while to understand how a system works.

I am year over four years and I still do not understand everything! :)

 

Your photo is brilliant. Excellent info and such a great photo with it. I believe this is the kind of work that Eliza is searching for. :) So thank you.

 

Phyllis

Forum Moderator

Hi Phillys,

 

if you look for something special (for a project or something like that) please have a look at my Homepage www.geoart.eu

 

From the early 90's up to 2009 the images are on film form 2009 till now you'll find digital images.

 

Have a nice wekend

Uwe

Uwe,

Eliza Deacon will return on Monday or Tuesday.

I have told her about your work and I am sure she will have a look. Your work is very beautiful.

 

It is delightful to meet you.

:)

Yes I will also look at all your work.

 

Phyllis

Forum Moderator

In the remote corners of California’s Mojave Desert there are hundreds of abandoned homesteads dotted across a wild and arid landscape. The Mojave climate is extreme, life there is tough, and most who try it out will quit. Their unclaimed homes rapidly degrade under the onslaught of the elements, vandals and wildlife, transforming the boundary between the desert and the personal to create uniquely moving and compelling new narratives. Each house makes you question its story; the one in this photograph made me ask, “Who sat in that chair?”

 

This image was shot as part of a series documenting this substantial and largely unknown part of Californian - and American - life. The project seeks to create a greater understanding of the everyday lives and challenges of the homesteaders by exploring the traces, big and small, they left on the landscape, and nature's slow reclamation and transformation of what is left behind.

 

This image was shot digitally using a Canon EOS 7D with EFS 10-22mm using natural light and no HDR.

 

If this image is up to standard and the group is interested I would be happy to share more. Thanks. Richard

 

http://1x.com/photo/296250/all:user:433392

Hello Richard and sorry for the delay in replying - I'm not sure what time zone you are in, but we are probably continents apart :)

 

Thank you for posting this image and for telling the story behind it. I find it very interesting. I can imagine the very harsh desert climate is not an easy one to inhabit.

 

Why do people go there in the first place? What work/livelihood are they seeking? Are there still people living there and facing the challenges? What is the long-term plan for these abandoned houses, or is there one? To give me an idea of scale, how many houses are there roughly, is it a town?

 

As you can see, I am fascinated :) - the houses are eerily beautiful. It must feel odd being inside and photographing. Can you just walk in, no barriers? Is it common to see pieces of their lives left behind, like that chair...why did they leave that one piece behind I wonder.

 

Show us more please :)

I am just reading a book by the british ethologist Richard Dawkins. He wrote:

"Nature is not cruel, pitiless, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for

humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous -- indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose."

 

Life is hard in the austerity of the Mongolian Steppe. Mongolia has 43 million inhabitants. Only 2,9 million of these are humans the rest are sheeps, horses, camels and yaks. The Mongolian nomads are crossing the country in search of green meadows for their flocks. Mongolia is subject to occasional harsh climatic conditions known as “Zud” with heavy snowfall and temperatures of 40° C below zero. Due to the severe 2009–2010 winter, Mongolia lost 9.7 million animals, and that’s approximately 25% of livestock

 

http://1x.com/photo/294721/group:216:all

 

When you are crossing the great Mongolian Plains you'll finde a lot of "victims" of the Zud

Uwe, thanks so much for posting this and I will come back to you / subject this weekend. It has just made me think that we should start another - separate - thread for these type of postings; an image with an accompanying strong story. I love this and am so happy that you and Richard have started this. Leave it with me, I'll get back to you :)

 

Dear Eliza,

 

A good idea ! To me photography is a way to tell a story ! A camera is a sketch-book as HCB called it. Sometimes a photo is only food for thoughts.

 

When you are ready, Please let me know.

 

Have a nice weekend !

Uwe

Hi everybody,

I want to briefly talk about the background story of the two photographs I've shared with you.

 

http://1x.com/photo/300410/all:user:304407

The first one was taken at the time of the protests in the Taksim Gezi Park. When the protests were coming to an end, the police were having a rest after a clash with the protesters and were quite content for their job shooting tear gas at the protesters is not quite easy. (!) The writing on the van reads as "Don't Forget July the 3rd", referring to the Sivas massacre (which you can read more from here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivas_massacre)

 

http://1x.com/photo/298614/all:user:304407

The second one shows another group of protesters, this time against the sale of the Haydarpaşa Train station, which is the largest train station in Istanbul. They gather every Sunday and Thursday at 1 PM to stop the historical train station to be made into a hotel. I took and uploaded this photo to show my respect to these determined people.

Morning Ramiz, thank you so much for adding this important information to your two Documentary images; it adds much to the overall story and interesting to see another side away from the violence and chaos that was so prevalent in the daily news.

 

For those who follow this thread, I goofed...I had a sudden blonde moment (happens to us all!!) and created a new thread when this one does just as well.

 

So, we're back here in the Group Gallery thread...as we were quite successfully before (I shall futurely attempt to keep 'blonde moments' to a minimum :)

 

Just pasting some good stuff over from now defunct thread - worth the read:

 

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UWE EHLERS:

 

I am just reading a book by the british ethologist Richard Dawkins. He wrote:

"Nature is not cruel, pitiless, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for

humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous -- indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose."

 

Life is hard in the austerity of the Mongolian Steppe. Mongolia has 43 million inhabitants. Only 2,9 million of these are humans the rest are sheeps, horses, camels and yaks. The Mongolian nomads are crossing the country in search of green meadows for their flocks. Mongolia is subject to occasional harsh climatic conditions known as “Zud” with heavy snowfall and temperatures of 40° C below zero. Due to the severe 2009–2010 winter, Mongolia lost 9.7 million animals, and that’s approximately 25% of livestock

 

ELIZA DEACON

 

Firstly, I have to ask what were you doing out there? It's a part of the world that I have never been...and a place that I find fascinating. The closest I have got to it so far is putting up a Mongolian Yurt "Ger" in the garden :)

 

43 million inhabitants, but only 2.9 being human...that's an awful lot of yaks!! They are totally nomadic aren't they, a bit like the Maasai here, who roam the Maasai Steppe and I would imagine they are as dependent on their animals as the Maasai are on their cattle. Unlike that Maasai however, who are increasingly - and sadly - impacted on by the growth of cities and towns, slowly restricting their grazing lands, I would imagine that these nomadic people suffer none such problems? I can't imagine there are many towns springing up out there in the middle of nowhere? Since the 2009/2010 winter where so many animals lost their lives (and I imagine people too?) have they built up reserves again?

 

How did you find getting around there, and photographing/interacting with the nomads? Is it becoming more of a tourism destination? Sad in many ways, but probably inevitable (can't you ride local ponies across the Steppe with a tour group now?)

 

UWE EHLERS

 

Dear Eliza,

 

I travelled to Mongolia for my own enjoyment only. A good friend and famous german photographer (Helfried Weyer) invited me for an expedition and we spent 4 weeks travelling from (still) deep frozen seas at the Siberian border (beginning of June) down to the dunes of the Gobi desert. In the beginning I was a little bit sceptical, because I am a “people’s-photographer” and not a specialist in sheep and yaks ;-)) I got a lot of good portraits, much contact to the people and some good stories. It’s easy when people realize that they are not “photographer’s hunting trophy” but a human being treated with great respect.

 

Yes; - a lot of Mongolians live as nomads. They are faced with the same problems nomads have everywhere in the world. Sometimes I think that hard living (or weather) conditions are a form of self-regulation of nature. For though Mongolia is a huge country with fast plains and green meadows they have the problem of overgrazing.

 

More than 1.3 million Mongolians live in the capital Ulaan Bataar, so you’ll hardly find any other bigger cities. It will never become a big touristic destination due too a lack of tourism infrastructure.

 

For travelling in Mongolia I can recommend http://www.sarah-fischer.de/person_eng.htm. She has a lot of good contacts to local people and will arrange everything. She accompanied photographers and TV-teams and is a travel companion with an interesting biography. Horseriding should be no problem ! You’ll find accommodation in approximately a dozen traditional ger-camps across the country in beautiful, peaceful and quiet landscape. A good address as well is www.gobinogloo.mn (They keep what they promise !)

 

If you have any further questions you are welcome ;-)

 

best regards

Uwe

 

GIANNI GIATILIS

 

Uwe Ehlers wrote

... I got a lot of good portraits, much contact to the people and some good stories. It’s easy when people realize that they are not “photographer’s hunting trophy” but a human being treated with great respect. ...

best regards

Uwe

 

I will stay with this phrase of yours Uwe because it shows a man of thoughtful thinking, a person who respects others and sets his priorities in a very notable and careful way.

We have enough examples of "trophy hunters" around, what we need is a sensitive and respectful approach in photography and much more in this particular Documentary group.

Thanks for your wonderful images and stories accompanying them.

Gianni

 

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Looking forward to more image submissions and hearing the stories behind them.... Thanks, Eliza

 

Uwe, I so second what you say here, and indeed what Gianni follows with .... I know that when I have had time to spend with the people I am photographing, beyond dashing in and out (which is sometimes what it is, we don't always get to choose), I go away feeling that I've done a better job and it was more valid. With that acceptance, of my presence, comes a shared comfort zone...not just taking, but giving too, be it in conversation, time spent, respect and sensitivity as you say. Important words to note!!!

I have add the photo "cannibals?" and this is the story:

 

Houses of a circular ground plan with sloping roofs covered with a thick layer of dry grass surround a courtyard in a village. The long house with several entrances is used the common daily activities. The largest, highest occupied chief. Two men grabbed the small pig, which yesterday we bought at the market and brought him here. The third man hit him with an arrow and a single fatal blow. Pig was running around, bleeding until his life left him completely. The natives was preparing a green bedrock of a grass, banana leaves and different vegetables in a dug pit. Another was storing round stones to fireplace. When the stones was enough incandescent, as quickly as possible both men and women were transmitting and storing them alternately in several layers on a green background. To the middle of the fireplace they were imposing poor piggy, overlapping him by several other layers of vegetables and hot stones till the pit was half a meter high hill. After while of waiting the food is done. Experienced men was serving meat with bamboo knife with incredible sharpness. Two dining circles was created. Men and children with a meaty main course and women with potatoes, corn and other vegetables. We were also offered. Sweet potatoes taste surprisingly good, better than our boiled potatoes.

 

http://1x.com/photo/53612/group:216:all

This is a wonderful Documentary photo Pavol. Living with this tribe and following everyday life and traditions, been accepted and recording their story is the essence of documentary photography, congratulations !

Gianni

This is fascinating Pavol, it's like you've gone back in time. How easy was it to travel there and around the country? And how did you approach taking pictures here in the village, it sounds like you were very welcomed :).

Friends of mine were recently in Papua New Guinea, the eastern half of the island and, from what I've read, it is considered quite a dangerous place to be with tribal conflicts and many issues along the border with West Papua. An interesting region and not one that I know much about or will get to any time soon :) Thanks for sharing this with us Pavol.

“Music downtown”

http://1x.com/photo/311665/all:user:45800

 

This picture is documenting a part of the ‘Play Me, I’m Yours’ international event. For a few years this event is traveling to different cities worldwide. Donated pianos are painted by local artists, tuned and put both on the streets and inside for a couple of weeks for everybody willing to play. This guy was playing classical music, very well, people and cars passing by and just me, taking pictures, staying for a while.

"Untitled"

http://1x.com/photo/311437/all:user:93472

 

Eight gipsy families live in an improvised courtyard in the outskirts of Bucharest. The location is a street corner unfit for housing since there is a metal electricity pole. They all pay rent to a gipsy landlord that is supposedly highly connected in the city hall.

 

THIS PHOTO CHILD IN TIME IS BY

BlackdoG Martin Turk

 

Hello,

I have just added to the group:

 

http://1x.com/photo/317452/all:user:17629

 

I have recently been to India for 2 months and I tried to capture harsh reality. This girl begging all day long.

 

Martin Turk

I'm added my oldest picture at 1x:

http://1x.com/photo/34079/all:user:49125

 

It's shot after an accident on a small road.

I added a photo for this group.

 

http://1x.com/photo/312705/all:user:54736

 

This shot is about Occupy Gezi Park from Istanbul and on 02.June.2013

I am posting this for NICOLAS MARINO who is traveling now with his partner Julie for close to one year.

 

This is a recent photo of them in The Gobi Desert at night. Nico has traveled to over 50 countries, and in a recent email told me that Mongolia is thus far the most beautiful.

 

While in Mongolia they lived with the Nomads, and in time more information about that experience will be in his blog...

 

Of this photo he says..

Cycling across a very remote region of the Gobi desert in Mongolia was not an easy task. More than 1000 km of solitude, lack of food and water. Despite the harshness of it, the experience must've been one of the most rewarding I've ever experienced. Nights with their deafening silence and overwhelming skies were one of the reasons why this was a truly unforgettable experience.

 

and here is the photo...

http://1x.com/photo/317463/all:user:25276

 

His blog which details his journey can be found here and has great photos too..

http://nicolonelytraveler.blogspot.com/

 

Happy Trails to Nico and Julie

 

Last week I revisited The Plaster House, a small NGO in Arusha (northern Tanzania) that I had spent time at, documenting their work, earlier this year.

 

They treat, house, and care for children, from all over Maasailand, who have suffered injuries or burns (from falling into cooking fires); some of the children have terribly deformed limbs from fluorosis, polio, congenital deformities etc. The Plaster House offers a safe place where they spend time pre and post surgery with doctors, from the USA who donate their time, coming out twice a year to perform a range of surgeries on the children, who then return to the Plaster House to recover and rehabilitate.

 

The Plaster House has become a passion of mine, and somewhere that - despite the nature of the injuries and what you see - does not leave you feeling sad or hopeless. Far from it, it's such a happy place full of kids who are...just being kids!

 

This Maasai mother and her newborn twin boys were at the Plaster House during my first visit. The baby on the right was born with hydrocephalus (water on the brain). Because she came to the centre early on, they were able to treat him and I learned last week that she finally returned home, with both children...and he was well.

 

Another small boy I saw then, whose face was almost totally burned off when he fell into a fire inside the family's hut, was - last week - in surgery with the American doctors, having a new nose attached; this was a nose that had been growing on his forearm for the last year. He still has a long way to go, but he already little resembles the so terribly damaged little chap I saw before.

 

Soon I will travel with them to their Outreach centres, to see the work of the Plaster House team in the field and also, I hope, see some of the children who have successfully recovered from surgeries and finally returned home.

 

http://1x.com/photo/142261/group:216:all:admin:29643

Oh, what a active group ;-)

 

My next photo

http://1x.com/photo/227407/all:user:49125

is about a big circus in germany. The animals where shipped by train and i was there when the elephants arrived and walked in an group across the city to the circus tent. One probably had something else in mind ;-)

 

We try Harry, we try :)

 

Thanks for posting your image on the elephants. Can you tell us a bit of background to the circus, the elephants - where they're from - Where were they coming from, why by train and then walking? That was obviously quite an interesting sight, you don't normally see elephants in the middle of the city (not really where they belong sadly).

 

We are trying to encourage as much of the story to be detailed with each image in our Documentary gallery. Thanks for what you have written here, if there is anything else - that makes us understand more about the story - we'd love it if you could tell us more (maybe in the image caption itself)? Thanks in advance.

 

Hi Eliza,

 

thank you for your answer.

I know its hard! Docu-photos are only interesting when they show poor kids or exotic places

;-)

 

About the elephants: I think its difficult to transport it in Vans ;-) so they travel by railway. Here you have a picture from a elephant who steps out: http://1x.com/photo/329917/all:user:49125

That was a Circustour around Europe. The circus (Zirkus Krone) invited the press when the elephants arrived in the towns. Thats a good promotion to have such pictures in the newspaper: The circus is in town!

I do have more pictures with the animals and the building of the tent etc. Perhaps i will upload more of the circus.

Give me time and please excuse my bad english,

Harry

 

Morning Harry, thanks yours...and for telling us more information on the story behind the image.

 

I'm lucky that I get to see elephants in the wild, far better - have never been a fan of zoos and circuses, for all animals, but particularly elephants. Interesting that in the line-up there is one African elephant and the rest are Asian elephants.

 

in your first image, it's - not unsurprisingly - the African elephants that looks to be giving his mahout a bit of a hard time :) Asian elephants have long been domesticated, African elephants less so but they were used (in domesticity) in the Congo many years ago I believe. I wonder where that one African elephant came from originally and how old he was when caught and transported to Europe. In Botswana, I worked with a company that had African elephants, all returned from zoos and circuses around the world; we had an old lady, Bibi, who had lived in captivity in Sri Lanka for over 40 years...she was originally from South Africa.

 

And you raise a good point "docu-photos are only interesting when they show poor kids or exotic places". Yes there is that expectation of this particular genre, those subjects and others that show countries at war, strife, famine etc etc.

 

Documentary does cover so much else though and that's what we hope to bring forward in this group....the documenting of lives, places, incidents, etc etc; what we hope to get across is the need for the story line to accompany the image - the who, what, when, where, why that gives a documentary image its place.

 

And of course there can be a cross-over with street, you could argue that your images would fall into a street category also no? The differential is that you take time to document - with words - what is happening in the image in order to present the bigger picture to the viewer, and perhaps a follow-up, a more in depth look at the role of circuses still in Europe etc etc?

 

Thanks Harry, have a good day!

 

I am posting this for NICOLAS MARINO who is traveling now with his partner Julie for close to one year.

 

and here is the photo...

http://1x.com/photo/317463/all:user:25276

 

Fantastic photo and very interesting blog.

 

Thanks for posting Phyl,

 

MC

 

Sigh, I want his life :) - thanks for posting Phyllis!

The only time I've heard the "deafening silence" he talks about, was in the middle of the

Makgadikgadi Pans (Botswana)

Hi Eliza, Phyllis & Gianna,

 

I've uploaded another image from a series "people of Madagascar". I call it "My beautful laudrette

 

http://1x.com/photo/334887/all:user:395479

 

„My beautiful laundrette“ was the title of a comedy-drama movie of the 80’s. The young lady were not yet born. On that very morning she opened her launderette on the banks of the Tsirbihina-River. My malagasy is so poor and unfortunately she didn’t speak french. But we found a form of communication and had a lot of fun. I like people; - sometimes I’am lucky and get such a image

 

“Good photographs are taken not with the camera. Good photographs are taken with Mind, Soul, Eyes, and Imagination where Eyes like a shutter, Mind like a lens, Imagination like an object and Soul like a canvas.”

(Parveen Sharma)

 

best regards

Uwe

 

Uwe...that photo is radiant...her smile crossed the ocean and reached me! What a wonderful series of photo...and yes the film was great too. :)

 

Thank you for sharing her with us.

 

Phyllis :)

My next Docu:

http://1x.com/photo/234854/all:user:49125

 

Here yoe see a catholic bishop in front of the portal of a new built church. He invited the members of the parish to the first mass in the new church. Its the moment the architect is looking whether the bishop has already arrived.

 

In germany we have these days a dicussion about the richness of the catholic church. For me the perfect moment to show you this picture ;-))

 

Hope you enjoy it,

Harry

Nothing to read about the new pictures. It's a pity.....

 

Great capture Harry, the bishop's body language and smile refer more to a star on the red carpet than a cleric going to his church and the architect's smile adds to this interesting story. Thanks for sharing.

 

 

I am glad to see you realise the need for a caption to escort photos and transform them into interesting Documentary stories Harry. Eliza and I, as admins of this group we always encourage Documentary photographers to write a few lines in the info tab of their photos, so we can all see and understand what is going on. This is a constant battle as many photographers do not realise or evaluate the need, we communicate with many of them asking them to complete the story but it's not always possible as many members do not have the English language skills in order to do it.

Thanks for bringing this on up the surface again, here we need the Who, What, Why, When & Where together with the photo in order to have a complete Documentary story.

Gianni

Hi Gianni,

 

thank you for your reaction.

First of all, believe me, for me it is also a bitter struggle to write in english. Be happy that you dont see me right now how i sweat into the keyboard ;-))

About the group: Docu has no easy standing in the www, where everyone think that the new picture of the family-dog is so important that everyone must see it right now and this picture has, of course, a great documentary value. In 1x it is not necessarily better ....

I think the people at 1x are too nice and the tone is too cute that none can tell the other, that docu is not every picture that is B/W and not beautiful. But the problem exists in many channels. Here is "street" when the picture is taken outside in a city .... and i will not think about manipulated pictures of which the majority thinks that they are real photographs.

I think, you have the same background than i and i feel real physical pain if i would show a manipulated picture as a documentary picture. With this background i have the intention to defend the niche of report and docu pictures.

Perhaps that is my personal problem and no one cares, but i think that the docu has the right to be a part of this wonderful creative family of images, espacially

because we also try to make different and special and good photography.

 

ok, enough for the moment ;-))

Harry

For Gianni, Clyde and Harrry K.

Your posts were deleted but actually moved so that this type of a discussion can be extended beyond one photo.

 

It is a good question and one that others might want to participate in.

 

You can find the deleted posts here.

http://1x.com/forum/documentary/999/1382868358

 

Thank you,

Phyllis

Forum Moderator

To open the new week with new discussions about docu ;-) here is a picture that was removed from the weekly theme "wild life"

 

http://1x.com/photo/259794/all:user:49125

 

The two horses died in the track, hit by a train.

They escaped a corral and tried to cross the rails when a train arrived. Here you see the efforts to remove the bodies as quickly as possible, so that trains can run again.

In the meantime, I know that accidents with animals happen not rarly. Think about when you are in the train and you hear an announcement about a delay ...

 

Hi Harry,

I feel really sorry about the poor horses, as we do have many road accidents involving animals in my country too. Most of these accidents are about domestic or stray animals but often it's about wildlife involving usually reptiles, small mammals and birds and rarely larger animals like brown bears. This endangered species inhabits on the north of Greece and the new highways are on their ancient paths, so passing vehicles often hit them on their attempt to cross the highway. Your photograph is more on the News sub-genre of documentary and yes, it may annoy some people.

Now, about the removal of your photo from the weekly theme, in my view your photo cannot be categorised as a wildlife one.

This specific genre has its own rules and as far as I know, we usually consider Wildlife, photos of wild animals in their natural habitat, so photos of animals in captivity like zoos, circuses and domesticated animals are excluded.

Gianni

Hi Gianni,

 

thank you for your answer.

I think like you, that my picture is not a "Wild Life" and that it is removed from the weekly theme is okay. I had the story of the picture in mind and i though about the horses, that they have some "wild" hours in their domestic life (I do not mean it sarcastically).

But its a documental picture with a difficult content, that why i want show it here, where the pictures are usually pretty, beautiful and easy to consume. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about and that we both really do not need to discuss about.

But at the same time it is the photography which is able to save such a moment and only photography can do this.....

 

greetings

Harry

 

;-)) Just have a look at my picture for the weekly theme "dogs":

http://1x.com/photo/343803/all:user:49125

 

Harry, most people don't like the "ugly side of life".

I spend some years as a photojournalist and have seen much of this ugly side but also the pleasant one and I understand your point., you are right... no point talking about it.

The positive about photos of this side, is that they may increase people's awareness about many of todays problems... like the way we treat animals, wild or domestic (like your dog).

 

Big discussion Harry, like this ugly side of life !

Kevin Carter's photo was published a couple of days ago on Salgado's FB timeline:

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651870321501815&set=a.250007475021437.64934.188594091162776&type=1&theater

 

Gianni

Hi all,

 

Here is my only documentary picture as I didn't have so many opportunities to work in such domain

I called it "Duty of Memory" ("Devoir de mémoire" in French).

 

Group picture is the following : http://1x.com/photo/326133/group:216:all

 

I also encourage you to go to my French FB album for more pics : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151432832726947.1073741827.356054561946&type=1

 

Duty of Memory...

Pictures in this album tell, by themselves a story. The story of Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, located between Vosges Mountains and Alsace region in France. 52000 prisoners went into this camp between 1941 and 1944. They were called Nacht und Nebel (Night and Fog). The camp held a crematorium and a gerry-rigged gas chamber outside the main camp. Even if it was not used for mass extermination, 22000 people died due to strenuous work, medical experiments, poor nutrition and mistreatment by the SS guards.

 

The Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp story is totally new to me Patrick, I never read or seen it anywhere and of course a story to remember. Following your FB link I can tell this works best as a series, something usual in Documentary photography.

Excellent work, thanks so much for sharing !

 

Gianni

Thanks for your comment Gianni. Telling a story with images only is a kind of exercise I wanted to achieve for a long time. It's true that this foggy atmosphere helped a lot reinforcing the emotional aspect.

Cheers

Patrick thank you very much for posting your image and telling us the story behind it. Like Gianni, I had never heard of the Natzweiler-Struthof camp. Your image, and words, are chilling...but they need to be; this is something that should never be forgotten. Your Facebook series is excellent Patrick, images that - without words to accompany - portray much of the horrors that we are only left to imagine.

 

Gianni and Harry, interesting to read your words above too...I understand very much what you both are saying.

 

Hi Eliza, and Doc group. Apologies for not being in touch sooner. We had a death in the family and it's taken a while for us to get back to "normal".

 

I reflected on your questions, Eliza, and decided that the best way to answer them was to write a short piece on the Valley that gives more depth, detail and personal insight. It's 2,000 words, so rather than block up the forum it's on my blog, here:

 

http://richardburnistonphotography.com/new-blog/

 

I have also uploaded some new images to the group gallery, here is a link, the others are adjacent to it.

 

http://1x.com/photo/350780/group:216:all

 

Thanks everyone.

 

Richard

I'm still going on posting my photos here in the gallery ;-)

 

http://1x.com/photo/230839/all:user:49125

 

A picture of an american soldier coming back home to his family, stationed in Germany. It is 11 March 1991 an the war called "Operation Desert Storm", the Gulf War I ended six days ago (the armistice was on 12 April officially declared).

 

(There are more photos of the homecoming in my personal gallery)

 

greets

Harry

Thanks for posting this Harry, a happy moment indeed. How did you get to take this picture, did you know them, or was this an official homecoming ceremony?

This photo is part of a photo essay called "From dusk till dawn" made in Bosnia, July 2013. The project is about one day of Ramadan fasting in the lives of this elderly couple living in the remote village of Lukomir. Ibro (88y) and Fata (85y) are devoted muslims so even at this age (and even though the Quran is exempting them ) are still taking the fasting from sunrise until sunset - and that's a long time in the european summer. So, in our (non-muslims) terms of "normal" life they are only having from dusk till dawn for a full month.

 

I hope you enjoy it ;)

 

http://1x.com/photo/348826/latest:user:93472

Thank you for posting this here Sorin...it is a beautiful portrait of a couple who look gentle and dignified; and the lighting is beautiful.

I particularly love seeing this image as I was in Bosnia Herzegovina in '93/'94. I remember a wonderful elderly couple I met, and came to know well (who do not look dissimilar at all really), who lived just outside Sarajevo in Pazaric...sadly I lost touch with them a long time ago.

Thank you Eliza, I was with them for only one full day in the first week of Ramadan. To me it is really interesting how religious people are getting themselves through, sometimes, extreme rituals in order to achieve spiritual elevation. It's always the mystical part that gets to me.

Thousands of romanians are protesting against a cyanide mining project to be deployed in Apuseni mountains, Rosia Montana, Romania. Shaking empty water pets is one of the symbols of the manifesto. 04.09.2013 4-th day of protests

 

http://1x.com/photo/288047/all:user:93472

"Responsibility"

 

Two children selling etrogs on the streets of Bnei Brak, a religious city in Israel.

Etrog (Hebrew: אֶתְרוֹג), a yellow citron is used in the Sukkot holiday customs as a part of the Four Species.

http://1x.com/photo/370622/all:user:238055

 

Hope you'll like it ;)

Hi Eliza, Phyllis and Gianni, I'am just back from Venice and had some good days of Acqua Alta and sunshine. I've been there many times but I've never had time to visit cemetery Island. This year i made it. I had a lot of discussion with the guards to use a tripod or not. But finally I got a shot that makes my Highlight of this journey. http://1x.com/photo/371860/all:user:395479 and this is the Story behind it: ;-)) “Man is only truly dead when no one thinks of him anymore.” The words of Bertolt Brecht came into my mind when I suddenly stand in front of a grave in the Cimiterio San Michele in Venice. The grave decoration touched me. Serge Diaghilev, - a stranger came into my life. Who was this man ? Like the great Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, who found his last resting place just a stone's throw away, he was a lost Russian soul. He loved Venice the “City of Water” because it reminds him to his hometown St. Petersburg. Serge Diaghilev wasn’t the father of the "Ballets Russes" but he was a great supporter. He has made Russian ballet-art known, far beyond the borders of his homeland. That teachers and students of the Lyzeum of Ekaterinburg, which now bears his name, will never forget him is shown by the pointe-shoes and daisies on his grave. “Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.” (Augustinus of Hippo) Have a nice sunday. Uwe

Hello Uwe,

Thanks for this interesting story about your journey to Venice.

The picture is splendid and the title really brings home your feelings about your experience.

 

When we see a photo like yours we don't even have to know the individual, or even all the history...because the message is so universal...Dance Wherever You Are....what a wonderful message...and true too. :)

 

As you described your experience in front of the gravesite, I must say you were so expressive about it...that I felt like I was standing in your shoes...

 

Thank you for sharing this...

 

My best,

Phyllis

“exhausted angels”

http://1x.com/photo/372885/all:user:238055

 

Two Ethiopian pilgrims waiting for the beginning of the annual Holy Fire ceremony. at the Church Of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel.

There was an amazing experience shooting there and this is one of my favorite photos from there.

Hi Phyllis,

I don't know whether you know that or not.

Dance, dance wherever you may be ! comes from the lyrics of the Dubliners song "Lord of the Dance"

Dance Dance wherever you may be

I am the lord of the dance said he

And I lead you all wherever you may be

And I lead you all in the dance said he !

best regards

Uwe

Hi Uwe,

No I actually do not know that particular group. I do really like Irish music though. In particular I love the Pogues - with and without Shane....:) And I also like the Chieftains.

 

The words to the song you left are quite a good philosophy of life. I went to u tube to see them..sing the song...it was fun...

Thank you for the interest and for this new music.

 

My best,

Phyllis.

My next picture:

 

http://1x.com/photo/233809/all:user:49125

 

In Germany are many clubs (Vereine) of people who raise animals. They have a common ground (Vereinsgelände) where they meet and talk about their pets. Once a year they show their most beautiful animals in an exhibition. But before the doors are opened, there are inspectors who give prizes for the best animals, for example the most beautiful plumage, the largest growth etc. In the picture you see such an inspector examine an animal.

 

Harry

Hi everybody;

 

I just uploaded my "Demonstrator" from a demonstration of egyptians in Berlin to support overthrowned president Morsi. There you see a little boy, which is holding placard of Morsi, on the left. The mother, who is screaming, was shouting slogans against military coup. I hope that you will like this shot.

 

Best regards

 

http://1x.com/photo/329929/all:user:379270

"mine"

 

Hello. This photo was taken during the gay pride Brussels in 12-05-2012

 

This beautiful girl interacts with the crowd on the street by simulating his enchantment by the male figure of the poster.

 

http://1x.com/photo/376883/all:user:282428

 

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do

 

FS

Hi all.

 

My entry "Half blind"

 

http://1x.com/photo/381254/group:216:all

 

Also taken during the gay pride Brussels in 12-05-2012.

At the top of the car deck, this young boy spreads effusively confetti over the crowd on the sidewalk.

 

Enjoy it

FS

Hi. My First upload to this group.

Title: See no evil

http://1x.com/photo/377134/all:user:445467

Photo of a prostitute marketing her services ( to the dismay of a passerby ) on a street corner in Jeppestown Johannesburg South Africa.

Regards

Hennie Du Plessis

Hi evreyone!

This is my first contribution:

http://1x.com/photo/393116/all:user:447195

"Longing"

Váci Street (Váci Utca) Budapest

Regards

Zeljko Dozet

The night the Berlin Wall fell really

http://1x.com/photo/336775/all:user:49125

For details see the Photo info

http://1x.com/photo/404941/all:user:448788

 

I took this phot at port of patras. Greece has a problem with illegal immigrants, They wait at major ports and trying to find a way to travel to italy and then only god knows where. I captured one of them just looking at sea and ships passing by.I used some textures in ps to create some drama.

 

Ty for watching

Dimitrios

THIS POST IS BEING MOVED FROM ANOTHER THREAD WHERE IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY PLACED INCORRECTLY. HERY R...IF YOU SEE THIS..PLEASE SEND ME AN OE MAIL. I Thank you.

 

Phyllis

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Hi everybody!

 

Title: Migration

http://1x.com/photo/400292/all:user:447926

 

This photograph was taken on 8 December, 2013 in a sensitive urban zone- under urban renewal- near Toulouse during the starling migration. This photograph will be soon in a set of photographs which will show activities that happened in the zone. I started with this one because I also want to promote urban animal photography.

 

Feel free to follow the project.

Hi all and many thanks to those who have been posting pictures in the group gallery over the last weeks. I think a lot of people are away (I've been away, just got back) and it seems to be getting quieter over Christmas.

 

Whilst I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, as such - I do think a lot of the pictures here, being posted, would fall more under the Street category rather than Documentary, would you not agree? There are a number of well-timed and clever street grabs, wonderful moments caught in action that are great, it's not about that at all - only that I don't think they are documentary images.

 

I know there has been a lot of debate over this, a very good thread running recently, and a definite cross-over - at times - between Documentary and Street; and we're always happy to keep debating :)

 

I think, documentary images need to be about more than a good street image, capturing a moment. They need the story behind them, the who, what, when, where and why AND THEN SOME!! :)

 

Just my observation and not meant to put anyone off - the pictures are great, but it would be lovely to see some ongoing story lines here as well.

 

Thanks to all again

Cheers

Eliza

 

Hi all,

 

Here is my contribution:

 

Title: Early walk

 

http://1x.com/photo/414958/all:user:248881

 

This picture was taken in Sarajevo in February 2012 after a major snow fall. All roads were blocked and most people had no alternative but walking to their business...

 

Best wishes to all,

 

Jullian

 

http://1x.com/photo/415242/group:216:all:admin:29643

 

Two young children attend classes at the Baraa Primary School, just outside of Arusha, northern Tanzania.

 

In Tanzania, children face many challenges in their path to education: a shortage of schools, a shortage of teachers and the inability of many families to afford the cost of school fees and expenses. In many cases, families prefer to keep their children at home, to help with domestic chores or to care for other family members, although education is compulsory for seven years (until the child reaches 15). Most children do not attend school for this long, and many do not go to school at all. Long distances to actually get to a school, usually by foot, also contribute to a general lack of attendance.

 

‘Free’ primary education was introduced in Tanzania in 2001 and this has since led to a large increase in the number of children enrolled in schools. However, the increase has not been accompanied by an increase in resources for teachers, classrooms and books or even skilled teachers and free does not cover the costs of uniforms and school supplies that the parents have to fund.

 

Many schools are sponsored and supported by local and international NGOs who assist with funding, educational tools and staff. Here at the Baraa Primary School, just outside of Arusha, a Belgian NGO has supported the school since 2009. Their sponsorship has led to the renovation of classrooms and a new kitchen block, but most importantly, they are sponsoring on-going training for teachers in all subjects.

Very interesting story Eliza, still a very long way to go for the Tanzanian children in order to have the basics. In your photo you captured beautiful expressions of the pupils, the contradiction between the smiley one while the other is concentrated in drawing and all this in great black and white ! Thanks so much for sharing.

Gianni

 

Thank you Gianni, it was good to see a school that was actively promoting education and working on their own to further this, not just with the NGO. I spent quite a bit of time sitting in the classrooms, watching the teachers and the interaction (also waiting for the kids to get bored of me and stop staring :) - This school used to be one of the worst in the region, but now it is considered one of the best.

Hi all

 

Here's my contribution this ending week

 

http://1x.com/photo/407699/all:user:282428

 

The candlelight procession. Night event that precedes the largest event on the next day, the annual celebration that takes place every year in Summer in many villages across the country and in general throughout the Mediterranean world.

 

Hope you enjoy it and happy new year

FS

 

Hi all,

 

Hope you all had a great weekend so far,

 

The photo I have posted is one of a series of 15 photos, documenting a visit at the largest hospital in Sweden, Karolinska Sjukhuset.

 

****The Visit****

 

http://1x.com/photo/321890/all:user:249332

 

A beautiful day in October, young Jakob at age of 16 had a surgery due to an unlucky accident during a hockey game. He broke his arm badly and had a surgery during a few hours, added some titan and screws to the arm, stabilizing it.

 

Jakob is born in Stockholm, playing Elite League Hockey with Under 20 Junior Hockey team. The visit at the hospital lasted for total 3 and a half day.

 

The visit, is documenting Jakob's younger siblings visiting him at the hospital after the surgery, and Harald which is only at age 2 and half, and Rebecca at age four had an emotional visit. The visit started while Jakob was sleeping and recovering from the surgery and the moment he woke up, did not understand fully where he was, realizing his younger brother stand by his side watching him.

 

After a few seconds, Harald took his older brothers hand, and asked him if he was okay, and Jakob gave him a kiss. A small, big moment for a small boy looking up to his older brother recovering.

 

The photo is taken early october 2013.

 

Hope you enjoy it and you can also find a couple more of those under my profile.

 

Regards Jonas Koel

 

Morning Jonas, what a beautiful, gentle moment you have caught. In spite of it being in the hospital, and I can imagine the emotions of the other children, here everything is just calm. You almost get the impression that the younger brother hasn't yet realised his older brother is awake. He's 'stealing' a moment, looking at something of interest: the hospital arm bracelet, and perhaps the older brother woke just then. It's a really beautiful moment.. I hope Jakob made a full recovery.

 

Hi Eliza! Thank you! he is today fully recovered and played his first game since early october for two days ago! :) Jonas

This is William, one of the last clock men, of a dying trade.

 

http://1x.com/photo/184954/all:user:233621

 

This was a front page image for a documentary piece I was doing.

 

Hope you like.

br,

Simon.

 

Thanks Simon, a lovely study of a man and his art. Do you have a link to the rest of the piece? Would enjoy reading more about the subject, intrigued!

 

Hi Eliza,

I don't have it up online yet, but I'll let you know soon as I do.

thanks,

Simon.

Hi, my name is Dejan Miloradov, this my photo

http://1x.com/photo/82037/all:user:148806

My second son Uglješa is getting vaccination. The shot was taken at the doctors during regular examination, march 2013.

Mein Documentar Foto findes Ihr unter :

 

http://1x.com/photo/451676/all:user:266718

 

"waiting for the bulls"

 

Pamplona in the early morning (about 8.00 clock). The crowd waits for the bulls. The chase through the streets of the city can begin.

 

At the San Fermin festival in Pamplona every morning fighting bulls are driven through the crowd to the arena. Right next to them running locals and tourists, armed with rolled-up newspapers. After a little more than three minutes, the wounded are counted. As the day ends for the bulls, it is clear already.

 

Among the bloody and dangerous tourist attractions the festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, northern Spain is one of the most famous: From 6 to 14 July is celebrated much here, and drunk even more - and in the morning shall running with the bulls. Then have the bulls that are killed by matadors in the evening, racing across the slippery pavement to the arena.

 

Best regards Herbert

 

Hello to everyone,

 

http://1x.com/photo/455124/all:user:69820

 

There is an old guy who made wooden spoon also other wooden cutlery stuffs.

I took this photo in a little village, called "Tarakli".

Tarakli also knowns for wooden cutlery stuffs.

Thanks all for the latest batch of pictures.

 

Dejan, that must make your heart ache a bit, poor little chap - but vaccinations are of course so necessary, take but a minute and save so many lives.

 

Herbert, those people are, in my mind, completely and utterly MAD!!!! :) I would imagine they have all had a stiff drink just to get to the starting line. Where are the bulls, in your picture, waiting just out of sight? And did you take part? To be honest, it's not for me...nor is the killing of them afterwards. I know it is a hugely popular tradition though isn't it. Thanks for telling us more about it.

 

Burak, the light is beautiful here, and I love how you have caught a moment of this man doing something that he obviously loves. I could almost create a story around him...you imagine he has worked with his hands all his life.

 

Thank, you Eliza. No, it was not heartaching at all :) As you said, it lasts for a few minutes.

Hello Eliza,

I think you must be Spaniards to understand this event. In Pamplona are all people, Spaniards and tourists, crazy about it witness this festival. I have an image, it can be seen the bulls.

Thanks for your interest.

Greeting Herbert

Thank you Eliza for your nice opinions.

You're right, the man is very suitable for a little story.

 

Regards.

Hello! My name is Antonio Valiente, I am from Spain but now living in Brasil. I recently posted this photo http://1x.com/photo/465999/all:user:475625

 

This photo was taken during our 3 months trip to Nepal. It was taken with a simple Lumix camera. We loved Nepal, lovely people and incredible landscapes. There are many villages in Nepal were the only way to get there is walking, in some cases it may take up to 10 days walking to get to a village.

 

In this case this photo was taken in the Pokhara estupa, quite a tourist place. What I thought made this photo interesting is the fact that exist a road that takes you to the top of the estupa but these women were carrying the wood down by foot to them probably cross the lake by boat.

Hello guys!

 

My name is Hassan and Im a recent member of this fantastic photographic community. This is my first contribution to the group. The photo is called "Meeting".

 

About the photo: I was walking alongside the old neighbourhood of Istanbul when I came across this point. Life here in this old district is very casual, and stands as a complete contrast to the city life behind it. I found the location interesting as there was modern city in the background, and a group of casual meetup in the old district in the foreground. Any comments would be welcome. Thanks :)

 

Regards

Hassan

Hey guys,

 

Here is my contribution for the group.

 

Photo: http://www.1x.com/photo/526121/all:user:504008

 

Picture titled: RITUALS

 

SHot at a chinese temple, of a woman lighting candles for some chinese prayer. Tried to get both the expression of the lady and the action of light candles in one shot. Comments are welcome :)

 

Regards

Hassan

Hello guys

 

Here is my this week's contribution to the group:

 

Title: The Pain In Your Eyes

 

Location: Lahore, Pakistan

 

About: Its a shot of an old man in the street, tired of the tough life and looking into the horizon with an expression of pain in his eyes. I found that moment very powerful, and was lucky to capture it at that time. Let me know what you guys think about it. Thanks :)

 

Regards

Hassan

Morning Haleem (or whatever time it is with you!)

 

Thanks for telling us about your three images. However, you've only posted links to the one - your Rituals image which I like very much. I like the shallow depth of field and the mood of the image (lovely in black and white)

 

Please will you post the links to your other two images - Meeting and Pain in your Eyes, so that everyone can see them? I have looked at the latter, from Lahore, and it's a strong portrait. Perhaps you could tell us more about his life (if you know) - what makes it so tough etc - and what makes it a documentary image rather than a portrait or street capture? Thanks so much Haleem :)

Hello Eliza,

 

Actually you were spot on because Im reading your message now and its morning here in Istanbul :D

 

My apologies for missing the link on the other two, Let me post them here:

 

Meeting: http://www.1x.com/photo/526126/all:user:504008

 

The Pain in Your eyes: http://www.1x.com/photo/526120/all:user:504008

 

Thank you for your review on the Rituals image, im very glad you liked it :)

 

The portrait of the old man is a strong image indeed, and its a documentary more than a portrait for me, because it shows the conditions of poor people in my native city, and how much hardship they have to endure just to get by with some basic bread for everyday. The man is a beggar at an interjection, who goes from car to car to ask people for some money when the lights are red. He does that from morning till evening at the same interjection. So this is the backstory behind that image.

 

Best regards,

Hassan

http://www.1x.com/photo/543311/all:user:90205

http://www.1x.com/photo/543313/all:user:90205

 

Give me back my dreams, hopes, and innocence. Give me back my rights in childhood

i took those photos when i was in Aleppo in 2009/2010

it's about children work in hazardous conditions.

Ol Pul - Maasailand

 

Young Maasai warriors conduct the ceremony known as 'ol pul' in an area east of the Serengeti in northern Tanzania. Here in the southern plains of Loliondo, the Gol Mountains stretch out towards the calving grounds of the wildebeest migration; the herds are plentiful in this area at this time of year. The Maasai roam freely here in this community land, cattle and wildlife often seen together. Because of this, the cattle are herded into thorn hedge bomas at night, to protect them from ever-present lion and other eager predators.

 

At an 'ol pul' an animal (in this case a goat) is slaughtered and the blood - still warm - is mixed with milk and then drunk; the meat is cooked over an open fire close by. An ol pul ceremony can last all day and is a cause for great celebration.

 

http://1x.com/photo/550081/group:216:all

"Colors of faith"

http://1x.com/photo/563566

 

An ethiopian pilgrim prior to the annual Holy Fire ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem.

Hi to ALL, my name is Sead. I would like to share with you a photo I made back in 1999 in Sarajevo. I named it "I call to witness".

 

The citizens of Sarajevo shared the same fate during the terrible war. After its ending, new opportunities and life expectations divided them. Some of them walked into the future holding each other hands, others sat down, not knowing where to go.

 

http://1x.com/photo/567658/all:user:447392

Hello Sead, thank you so much for posting this image here in the documentary group. It impacts on me particularly, I was there in the early/mid 90s and I remember Sarajevo well; it was very different then. Would be interested to know more about '99 Sarajevo/Bosnia Herzegovina....will mail you :) Cheers, Eliza

Thank you very much for your kind comment and your interest Eliza. I will be glad to share my experience with me,you are more than welcome ;). Cheers

 

tatto master.

http://1x.com/photo/576160/all:user:506441

 

canon a1/50mm lense/kodak 100TMX scanned negative.

shot taken at the rotterdam tatto convention. tatto artist working on a large leg piece.

 

cheers :)

sarah

 

http://1x.com/directory/edit/577272

 

Memorial plaque to Nirvana Nina Zeljkovic

 

"Why do they kill our souls, when our souls are here to love. Nevertheless, I'm not going to curse them, because even they are fathers to their children who are looking for peace and happiness." The twelve-year-old Nina from Sarajevo wrote these records in her diary, a few days before she was killed by a shell on her way to school.

 

waitin for the rain.

http://1x.com/photo/579836/all:user:506441

 

canon a1, scanned negative from istanbul journey.

 

cheers, sarah

From the Copenhagen Half Marathon 2014:

 

http://1x.com/photo/581581/group:216:all

Hi all,

 

This is Kadir.

 

I just added a photo of a mountain from Dersim, Turkey which is an important place for the Dersim Massacre which took place in 1937 and 1938. More than 50.000 people were killed by Turkish Army in cities, villages and caves around Munzur Mountains.

 

http://1x.com/photo/584876/all:user:105753

Hello everybody, My name is Lucia Eggenhoffer and I just added a photo to the group gallery:

http://1x.com/photo/582954/all:user:311862

 

It is shot at the Theatre on the Boat named Loď tajemství bratří Formanů - The Forman Brothers' Boat of Secrets. Actors from the artistic group Roecalf's Dream are getting ready for a performance.

 

(Prague, Czech republic)

Hi everybody.

I'm just starting to photograph and it is one of the first BW images.

It's abandoned barracks on the old Soviet Union military base, I tried to fill those photos mood that was in that place.

Perhaps this image does not fit the guidelines, I apologize in advance.

 

Link: http://1x.com/photo/608011/all:user:512595

 

PS Sorry for my english :(

Hello,

 

I added the photo "Glacier Dynamics" to the group gallery:

 

http://1x.com/photo/612570/group:216:all

 

At the beginnig of the glacier (background) we see the cwm of the Lhotse glacier, which is a part of the collecting basin. The photo was taken during a Khumbu-Himal Expedition 2012 (Himalaya, Nepal).

 

Best regards

Hello Guys

 

Here is my contribution to the group

 

Name: Thoughts

Link: http://1x.com/photo/542347/all:user:504008

 

Description: An old man passes by on a street in Istanbul. Lost in his own thoughts. I waited for him to pass through a specific point, so the background adds a specific mood to the picture

Hello,

 

I added the photo "Old Woman" to the group gallery:

 

http://www.1x.com/photo/622787/group:216:all

 

Photo taken during the Manaslu-Himal (Buri Gandaki valley) Expedition 2008, Nepal, (analogue photograph, Velvia).

 

Best regards

Hi

 

This was taken on one of my annual "walks" around Southern Africa. I visit the popular and not so well known spots. Backpack and public transport. Usually I drag my fly rod along.

 

http://1x.com/photo/656039/all:user:504252

 

Cheers

Sooi.

 

Hi all, my name is Chris and I would like to show you my first photo I put in 1X.

 

http://1x.com/photo/656777/all:user:518395

 

The photo is called SCARY CONCRETE.

 

The picture shows the inside of one of the biggest bunkers that was built by Hitler at the end of WWII.

 

I had to do some groundwater survey there and walked through the bunker on my own several times.

 

This was not only quite dangerous because of the ice, deep water basins, unsecure ground and insufficient light but also very scary when you remember the history of the place you go through.

 

The bunker was built by thousands of prisoners under very poor and inhuman conditions. And thousands of them died of starvation, deseases or simply exhaustion. Many shurely died because of accidents due to incredible or none existent safety conditions. Though I found no documents that proved that there were human remains inside the walls, I believe that there were no efforts made to save the poor workers that accidentally fell into the concrete.

 

I tried to show the massive concrete walls an ceilings, the cold and the emptyness. The light that comes in from the outside contrasts the nature outside to the oppressive inside.

 

Hello!

 

Would it be possible to create a group color key?

 

Regards,

 

Pascal

Hi, my name is Manuela and I love the nature, the rural life and the natural light.

My photo is called:

 

"Sunny morning of spring"

 

and was taken last year when I was on a trip with my father in the Mehedinti Mountains, on Easter. We had a four-day trip to the village Isverna in Mehedinti county, Romania. We had a beautiful morning before going into mountains, with a gorgeous light that gave me the opportunity to capture the specific of the village, in beautiful contrejour.

 

Here is the photo, taken with a point-and-shoot camera:

 

http://1x.com/photo/693802/all:user:523209

Give me back my dreams, hopes, and innocence. Give me back my rights in childhood

Approximately 246 million children work and 171 million children work in hazardous conditions. Their capacity to learn, thirst for knowledge, and desire to build a future for themselves are the same as those of the children that go to school daily.

 

ttp://1x.com/photo/702851/latest:comments:3273241

 

Hi,

 

I'm Toni Mas, from Barcelona; that's the firs time I upload a shot to this group.

 

Details:

Shot of an ordinary moment in indian life; taken in Udaipur, Rajastan state, India.

There are always people on the street, adults and children, without appearing to be doing anything at the time

The circumstances in wich the shot was taken, was simply taking a walk on the street. The shot was taken very, very, quickly, trying to capture the face of the kid looking us with curiosity.

Was later when I realized about her shoe.

 

The link: http://1x.com/photo/691377

 

Hi everydbody,

 

I send you the link or a new shoto uploaded to this group:

 

http://1x.com/photo/710504

 

Title of the photo is: Camel caravan

 

In a Rajastán highway, we found a camel caravan.

They are nomadic people, who move with their animals

It's something usual to see, is part of the everyday.

 

The idea of the shot was try to show the ordinary life of these kids

 

For me it's alway amazing discover how different are our lives in the differents parts or ur planet

'After prayer'

http://1x.com/photo/711718

 

Christian nuns leaving the Church of the Holy Sepulcher compound in the end of the day.

Jerusalem, Israel

Hi everybody,

 

photo: "Indian kid selling fruit on the road"

 

http://1x.com/photo/717428

 

This scene captivated me.

Just on the road, we found this kid selling fruit. There were nobody around, no more people selling, there was no one.

That a child has to go through these situations, to me it seems overwhelming

'Holy fire'

http://1x.com/photo/719577

 

Ethiopian pilgrim during the annual Holy Fire ceremony.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem 2013

hello :)

here's my contribution

 

'summer end'

http://1x.com/photo/739582/all:user:506441

 

took this one with analog canon A1 camera, 50 mm lense, on my last day of summer on island Vis in Croatia. Summer ended that day and the last swimming grandma was going out of the sea.

Hello

I would like to contribute this photo: "The Bride To Be".

It is a profile portrait of a Hamer woman, traditionally dressed up because she is a going to get married in the near future. The photo is made with natural light only. The location is a hut in a Hamer village in the South Omo Valley in Ethiopia, October 2014.

Link: http://1x.com/photo/770291/all:user:149412

 

http://1x.com/photo/329345/all:user:263104

Hi there!

 

I wanted to share with you: http://1x.com/photo/789627/all:user:246354

 

"Sinfonietta Cracovia".

 

It was 20th anniversary of existing this magnificent group, so they decided to play in lot of different places, like a tram, airport and more. On this photo you can see on first plan conductor of Sinfonietta, Jurek Dybał.

 

Best Regards,

BH

Hello my name is Stephen Boffa, this is my picture.

http://1x.com/photo/803223/group:216:all

I hope it's in the right group.

This is a view of Verzuolo and paper mill Burgo, built very close to homes.

Regards,

 

Ste

http://1x.com/photo/803609

Preparing hero's grave. Cemetery Colon. Havana. Cuba.

 

http://1x.com/photo/805421/all:user:537678

 

Best regards

Andreas

This was a long time I saw something same to the same forum. Anyway, I read your forum rules and it was good because spammer try to posting image link, etc. SO my opinion your idea is great.

http://1x.com/photo/623608/all:user:263104

http://1x.com/photo/556734/all:user:263104

Hi,

 

I would like to share this project with you all:

 

http://1x.com/photo/828514/group:216:all

 

I wrote a few words on the info tab, and I will start a new thread about it (if that's OK with the group admins).

 

Cheers,

paco.

http://1x.com/photo/691448/all:user:263104

Hi, we would like to present our new post to this group:

http://1x.com/photo/849296/all:user:149412

Karo Boy

Ethiopia, Omo Valley, Kolcho, Portrait of Karo Boy with Body Painting

Vanishing tribes of the Omo Valley

http://1x.com/photo/728051/all:user:263104

Hi

 

I spent some time at a market in Chimoio in central Mozambique. It is always a hive of activity but this old man caught my eye. He caught my eye because he walked around begging and every stall owner shunned him. That was met by a very load vocal response from him. I asked around and what I could gather is that he was off his head in a big way and on top of that, half blind. An outcast. I got close enough so that I could capture something of the state he was in. He saw that and struck this pose with the slingshot, one of his only possessions. Afterwards I dropped something in his pocket.

 

http://1x.com/photo/851789/all:user:504252

On a walk through Zambia I visited this rural primary school. It was lunch time and the lady was dishing up beans. I was told that beans is about the only thing on the menu everyday. For a lot of the kids that will be their only meal for the day. When I was invited into the class rooms they were all smiling and joyous. Children do have this ability to be resilient. The people in Africa as a whole, come to think of it.

Forgot to post my link.

 

http://1x.com/photo/851698/group:216:all

http://1x.com/photo/600330/all:user:3875

 

I clicked her in a remote village close to Zhangjiagang / China. The story is a bit funny but also ended up very sad. Since i do not speak much Chinese and certainly not the dialect which they talked there it was hard for me to understand. I understand some numbers and thought first from the people around me who were talking to me that they want money from me before they allow me to make pictures from that lady in her very old traditional house but later i could figure that they wanted to tell me just her age. She was 102 years young that woman. WOW i thought. Anyway, the sad story part is as i came back two weeks late to bring her the prints she passed away already and her house was crashed down very quickly as this remote area is like many other area available to build the new glorious modern China. I would have loved to talk with her to get her story.

http://1x.com/photo/786225/all:user:263104

Hello, everyone,

 

My name is Isabella. Here is my photo,

 

"Friendship"

 

http://1x.com/photo/877390/all:user:543875

 

It was taken on the day of National Cross Country Championship in London last Sunday. Just after the tough race behind the finish line, athletes were greeting each other.

 

Thanks,

Isabella

The writers room that was used in the German film series Heimat (Heimat 4: Die andere Heimat) in Gehlweiler - Germany.

 

I saw all the 34 (!!) Heimat films together with my girlfriend and her father. It took us almost 2 years and when we had seen everything we traveled to the Hunsruck region in Germany to visit the film locations and enjoyed the Heimat atmosphere.

 

http://1x.com/photo/899050/all:user:552657

All my posts to the gallery.

 

Weekends

http://1x.com/photo/908200/all:user:548987

 

Carrying Mother

http://1x.com/photo/901851/all:user:548987

 

A Family Portrait

http://1x.com/photo/906473/all:user:548987

All my posts to the gallery.

 

Weekends

http://1x.com/photo/908200/all:user:548987

 

Carrying Mother

http://1x.com/photo/901851/all:user:548987

 

A Family Portrait

http://1x.com/photo/906473/all:user:548987

 

'In smokes and ashes'

http://1x.com/photo/913823

 

A hassidic man performing the "biur chametz" ritual, where religious jews destroy (burn) all the leavened foods before the jewish holidays of Pesah (Passover).

Mea Shearim district, Jerusalem, Israel.

Hi there!

 

Here's my entry:

 

http://1x.com/photo/905213/all:user:552922

 

This picture is taken in the 2010y Carnival of Venice, more precisely - the end of him. It's called "End of the carnival".

 

Best regards,

Ricardas

hi there

 

my name is yaniv feldman and this is my first pic "bowling"

 

i was at a co worker daughter birthday, and had my camera with me whan i saw this ray of light cutiing the wall. i loved the frame but something was missing. I waited for a few minutes and then a mother and daughter just stared to play. i loved how the child was mutched to the girl on the wall and for me it's a fun beautiful moment.

 

http://1x.com/photo/917774/all:user:556481

 

nice to meet you all.

Leaking Away

 

http://1x.com/photo/918610/all:user:548987

http://1x.com/photo/918656/all:user:556481

 

"no title"

Hi, this is my first conytribution for this group.

 

'Photographing Anton Corbijn.'

 

http://1x.com/photo/920609/all:user:253765

 

I want to pay attention to both, the beautifull pictures of Anton Corbijn, a famous Dutch photographer, and the people who visit the exhibition in the Hague, Netherlands

 

Hope you like it.

 

best whishes Greetje van Son

Hi, my second contribution is a picture I made during a performance of a band.

 

"Caught"

 

http://1x.com/photo/920937/all:user:253765

 

The location is Uden, a little village in the Netherlands. During the preparations for a concert I followed the band members with their work. This musician became unexpectedly aware of my presence and looked richt into my camera.

 

best whishes, Greetje van Son

Hello,

Just posted this photo: http://1x.com/photo/921356/all:user:149412

Title: Dassanech Girl Carrying Firewood.

Photographed in a Dassanech village in the Southern Omo Valley, Ethiopia.

De Winter & Van Rossem

Nature and Culture photographers

Winterlight Photography

www.winterlight.be

http://1x.com/photo/924523/all:user:263104

http://1x.com/photo/934127/all:user:263104

Greetings to the community. This is my first contribution ...

 

My friend the shepherd

 

"Go around me unafraid, around me, they rub me as one more in the herd. Nothing to fear. However small, scamper around their mothers, scary and curious.

"Topo", the young shepherd dog, is responsible for bringing together the most clueless. He still has much to learn, but it takes the right path. Always attentive to any order in a "indecipherable language" and passed between generations, wasted no caresses or game.

In the distance a figure known that I confused, the shepherd hit squarely, what a view ... At the end of the afternoon "multitude" We met with the shepherd, in a vacuum environment of freedom and full human beings is drawn; here time stands still ...

Always at the last of all, my friend the shepherd, mixing ancestral grazing work with lively conversation. Fix the world in two hours, doing justice in an unjust world, or just laugh everyday. The clean look as the horizon and clear ideas, as water from springs that flow around.

It sounds mobile, though mine is asleep in the bottom of the cowboy.

A tractor ends the work in nearby fields; You can almost sleep in the seat while the "console with integrated satellite communications system" tells "John Deere" groove depth and speed of work, "that advances" (As would my grandfather). My friend the shepherd likes to work in manual, I understand it...

Once back, each in their stables, I am floating between green ears even halfway up. The hand rubs gently, like a caress of the wind. Depress the seed is sin, stick watchful waiting cautiously. The boundaries with vacant land to cross valleys are the best ways, my favorite ..."

 

Palencia - Spain

 

http://1x.com/photo/939818/all:user:542266

 

Regards

Runaway

 

Reminiscent of a past in postwar where poverty was very much present. The lifestyle was roaming the villages in search of work and food, sleep in the open and in the best case in a barn next to the warmth of the animals.

 

Palencia - Spain

 

http://1x.com/photo/947174/all:user:542266

 

Regards

[Above the best is a title of the Army's Aviation Regiment song. The song tells a story of army aviators flying above the best Soldiers in the world. While waiting for my ride, this Blackhawk UH-60 decided to drop by and say hello. Lucky for us, they decided to give us a ride to our destination. I am thankful for their hospitality, because minutes after they departed the base New Kabul Compound (NKC), it was attacked. Several US, Afghanistan, and UN Soldiers were injured.

 

I like the Black and White because it gives the audience a antique feel to it. Looks like a photo from the Vietnam area. Unfortunately I could not take a photo of the flight line, and would have loved to be right underneath it while it landed. The sky is clear, simply because it wasn't rainy season.

 

http://1x.com/photo/951660/all:user:499375

 

... my dear neighbors.

 

Although it may seem cliche but maybe ... not find another way to put it. Anselma, Rosario and Sabina ... no matter the order, chance put me together one afternoon, smiling and beautiful as always and in every way possible. All portray pride and pleasure! There are many like them but today they played a leading role. I send a warm hug and a kiss and many more than that I do not forget.

 

http://1x.com/photo/952081/all:user:542266

regards

Vestige

 

Castilian carriage abandoned to their fate.

40 years ago it was very common to see them in rural areas. Used to work in the field. They were pulled by a couple of cows.

Palencia - Spain

 

https://1x.com/photo/956914/all:user:542266

 

Regards

https://1x.com/photo/964657/all:user:263104

Pictures made at the World War II Memorial Monument at Margarten in The Netherlands. It is the largest American military cemetery on the European continent.

 

"Memorial Monument"

https://1x.com/photo/976136/all:user:552657

 

Silent older man walking by the World War II Memorial Monument in Margraten Netherlands.

 

"The Unknown"

https://1x.com/photo/976142/all:user:552657

 

The list with the names of the soldiers in Margraten Netherlands. I decided to place the man with the hat at the border of the frame to place the names of the soldiers in the center of attention.

 

My new image:

 

https://1x.com/photo/976292/all:user:547546

 

Regards

 

Anna

"The Monk"

 

Thinking Monk in the Monastery in Ter Apel - Netherlands

https://1x.com/photo/976835/all:user:552657

 

Taken when I was capturing a wedding in this Monastery.

 

Saint Peregrine

 

https://1x.com/photo/983673/all:user:540111

 

This is a close up image of a statue of Saint Peregrine Laziosi, an Italian saint of the Servite Order (Friar Order Servants of Mary). He is the patron saint for persons suffering from cancer, AIDS, or other illness. This statue resides in Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, California, USA. We brought my father-in-law to this church to sit and reflect. He is dying of cancer.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

 

My new image:

 

https://1x.com/photo/987624/all:user:547546

 

Best regards, Anna

Hello there, my name is Prabh Joth Singh.

 

I have posted a shot for your consideration. I titled the shot The Earthquake, as it was taken in 2009, when a massive earthquake had struck West Sumatra. I'm a Malaysian pursuing a career of medicine here in Indonesia, and the 7.8-strong earthquake struck mercilessly. This shot was taken the day after the earthquake struck. It is sad that this devastating event ini Sumatra, did not get enough coverage.

 

People were scurrying around town gathering rations and this young boy was walking pass a crushed building which sandwiched a family car, as if it was a Sunday walk on the beach. Amidst the panic and fear of a tsunami, amidst the 3000 lives lost, this young boy gave me the feeling that .... Everything is going to be alright.

 

In a single moment, he showed that amongst chaos, there is Serenity.

 

I would like to thank all of you in advance for your time in viewing, and hopefully sharing that moment of mine.

 

Best regards,

 

Prabh Joth Singh

 

Photo :https://1x.com/photo/38234/latest:user:31746

The new image for this week:

 

https://1x.com/photo/1007129/all:user:547546

 

My best regards, Anna

Hi, every one,

 

My contribution for this week is: 'The dyke watchmen'

 

https://1x.com/photo/1012248/all:user:253765

 

On the dyke of Ameland, an island in the North Sea, is the statue of the dyke watchmen, a bronze statue by the sculptor French Ram. It shows two rescue workers connected to each other with a rope.

 

The statues are placed in the context of the final delivery of the last dyke at the same hight of the Delta

 

good light, Greetje

The new black and white documentary photo:

 

https://1x.com/photo/1015329/all:user:547546

 

My best regards, Anna

hi all

im still not understand yet but i try to post ... forgive me if im wrong

 

"The girl waiting someone"

https://1x.com/photo/1014986/all:user:499988

My new photo which was taken in Pechory, Russia:

 

https://1x.com/photo/1035042/all:user:547546

 

Best regards, Anna

Hi there!

 

Sevillian Easter:

https://1x.com/photo/1040234/all:user:590085

 

Taken during the last year's Easter celebration, near the Cathedral.

 

Regards!!

Hello,

 

https://1x.com/photo/1043617/latest:user:88309

 

The photo was taken in Ban Yue Li village - Xiapu/China , where people are living in very traditional way.

 

Regards,

Ahmed

https://1x.com/photo/1047744/all:user:547546

 

It is an ordinary Russian village and an ordinary winter day. Elements of the modern life are coming to the village too, but they can't change the lifestyle of simple village people, who like space and nature, freedom and more fresh air. They are in harmony with all the nature and often their pets look like the part of their great friendly family...

 

Regards,

Anna

"One year before the eighty years"

 

https://1x.com/photo/1052618/all:user:547546

 

Best regards, Anna

Two faces of the same reality:

https://1x.com/photo/1054320/all:user:590085

 

Regards.

Hello everyone,

 

I am Rob, I live in Telluride, Colorado, U.S. I used to be a lecturer of environmental policy and politics at Colorado State University but I have decided to become a full-time photographer, primarily a landscape photographer. Occasionally, I will come across a scene that is an example of what I used to lecture about. That is the case with this shot of acid mining waste in the high country of Colorado. I discuss the problem more fully in the shot's description. But here is the link for Acid Mining Waste:

 

https://1x.com/photo/1056969/all:user:574925

 

Hello everyone.

 

Faith:

https://1x.com/photo/1057590/all:user:590085

 

Regards.

Hello.

 

Flamenco:

https://1x.com/photo/1057591/all:user:590085

 

Cheers.

Hello!

 

Night blues:

https://1x.com/photo/1063721/all:user:590085

 

Thanks!

 

Melancholy

 

https://1x.com/photo/1063760/all:user:547546

 

My best regards,

Anna

Hi Everyone,

 

- "Only the good die young" -

 

Photo from Cambodia's infamous prison S-21

 

https://1x.com/photo/1089672/all:user:592817

 

Photography is prohibited, but I sneaked a single shot in which I tried to capture the insanity of what went on not so long ago.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

Cheers,

 

Tom

The new image, made in a village street at night time. Russia

 

https://1x.com/photo/1100156/all:user:547546

 

Best regards,

 

Anna

 

Hi Tom,

A very powerful shot. I also thought your description of why you made this photo and the history was equally powerful. Many thanks for sharing it.

 

My best,

Phyllis

 

Hi all,

 

Here one of my pictures: 'Lost Bottle'

 

https://1x.com/photo/1129743/all:user:253765

 

Taken in the trainstation in Dordrecht.

 

have a nice day, Greetje

Hi all,

 

this is my contribution for this week: 'Queue in miniature'

 

https://1x.com/photo/1137969/all:user:253765

 

A queue of people in front of a temporary giant stairs in the station square of Rotterdam. They are waiting to climb the stairs of 180 staps and to enjoy the view. I use a tilt shift lens to create a minature atmosphere.

 

warm regards, Greetje

Hi All,

 

I wat to share this image with you: 'Underground street-art'

 

https://1x.com/photo/1144230/all:user:253765

 

This picture is taken during the international graffitifestival STEP IN THE ARENA 2016, in the Berenkuil, Eindhoven. Step In The Arena is one of the highlights of Emoves Urban Culture Festival. With more than 150 graffiti artists from home and abroad.

Most artists are men, this girl was one of the few feminine participants.

 

warm regards, Greetje