vuyiroli Helping hand

This man was taken from the street, he was thrown out of his home by

his daughter-in-law. He would die on the street. and it is such a

strange but simple story with this man.... I was talking to pastor

Rajkumar about the story about Vuyiroli, we both agreed that it

should contain some pictures of people living on the street, to show

how people lived before being taken to Vuyiroli's home. So we took

the scooter and drove to the train station to find old people living

on the street. We couldn't see anybody. Then finally we found one

person - that man - he was sitting on the sidewalk like a bird.

Rajkumar stopped the scooter and told me to go to photograph this

man. I had really to kick my ass - it was not easy, a white stranger

photographying a poor man, people passing me by, looking strangely

at me... I didn't fell comfortable, the man looked miserable, he had

a rotting injury on his head, was dirty and looked so vulnerable. I

quickly took some pictures, went back to Rajkumar's scooter and

said: this man looks terrible. and half an hour later this man was

in the Vyuiroli's home.

nothing to dwell about ...Your compassion deserves all the respect. And the 7/7 goes for the quite succesful attempt to grasp human suffering through cold lenses. Good work.

Silnie emocjonalna praca i bardzo oryginalne kadrowanie. Niemniej nie chcialbym miec jej na scianie, zbyt mocno na mnie dziala.

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That hand is so ominous. I reccomend cropping out the left side.

 

Thank's for the explanation...

This entire series is quite moving. I can only imagine the difficulty in shooting these in a way that balances compassion and objectivity all the while avoiding the appearance of exploitation. So far, you seem to be on strong footing. I'm not sure I could do it. I agree with cropping the left side. This moment is entirely about this man and the hand. The onlooker in the background doesn't have a role here (at least for me).

Excellent storytelling, Maciej. I wouldn't crop the onlooker, because for me it represents the majority of people...just looking the poor man in a resignated way...for her that is the way the things are.

maciej,

 

a really wonderful composition here, not to mention astounding aesthetic value. i do believe you have captured the soul of the situation. i hope you sat down and had a word with the man, too.

 

carry on - vikram.