A sense of space

I like but the title and the image. The space element in the image can be a symbolic protest against the dark side of a society led Adam Smith's capitalism. I just love pics that tell stories.

My first thought was that the man in the photo was a prisoner. Though, having been to Cambodia, I would have to say that everyone living there is in some way a prisoner of a country that went horribly wrong over the course of the 20th century - for many reasons including US policy during the Vietnam war. The economy there is so distorted that a small child can beg more money in an hour or two from a tourist than his or her family can earn in a week farming or doing anything else constructive to the economy. Especially around Siem Reap, where everyone I met under thirty seemed to be trying to get the official Angkor Wat tour guide certificate. The place is primed for international tourism - the road to Angkor Wat is the site of many hotels in construction. I like this photo a lot, I wish I'd taken it.

The perspective and composition works very well indeed, and the texture on the wall at the top makes you feel quite close in distance. The only thing that spoils this picture for me is the man placed so close to the bottom edge of the frame. Just a tad further in the frame would make the whole photo work so much better I think.

I love the composition as an idea, but I think the man could use the most tiny bit more breathing room at the bottom. I'm also sure there could have been physical impossibilities to this request considering the situation, but I really do think the space would help the composition.

 

Great shot.

Daniel,

You never cease to amaze me.

This shot is fantastic!!!

 

As well I have to concur with Touchel Berne's comment about the American administration policy being responsible for the state of corruption and crushing poverty in many SE Asian countries today. One person in particular everyone can thank for the nightmare would be US Senator James McNamara whose ignorance arrogance and folly led to the deaths of thousands of innocent men women and children in SE Asia during the Vietnam era. China's hand it the whole genocidal nightmare that took place in Cambodia should not be overlooked either since it's administrations tentacles are just as far reaching! Nor should the complicity of many of SE Asia's past colonial governments like France or Britain - One only has to look to the present day mess in Afghanistan and Central Asia to see more fall out from former Colonial handiwork.

 

Whew... see what this shot brings to mind!!!!

Sorry... back to the immediate image at hand..

 

There is no other place I can think of where beauty and grace and death and misery mix so thouroughly as they have in Cambodia.

You have captured one facet of that very very well here.

 

Thanks for making this image!

....ran out. I would have likened to get a tad more room below the man too, but the 20 foot fall would have broken more than my spirit.

 

db

I think the lack of space at the bottom made a powerful statement. The rest of the frame is filled with a rustic-looking wall texture which I think is great. Sorry about the "Adam Smith" comment, I was under an impression that photograph was taken in Thailand.

Congratulations this is a really great picture, tell you a lot of things, really like it, tell me this pictures was cut to get that effect.

This is brilliantly creative. It's so rare that I see a photo that captures time and space so well, and also is so strongly composed. Thanks for sharing your vision with us.

This is a great angle. It almost feels like we are falling from the top of this building. But like others have mentioned, I have to agree that there could be more space for the man at the bottom. Other than that, a nice and creative shot.