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This woman and her grandson were in a village in the mountains on Luzon in the Philippines.The village was in a remote area and the people grew rice in terraces.I went back to this village 3 times ove

michaelging

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photo was taken with a nikon Ftn camera,with a 105mm 2.5 lens.Film was Plus-x ,developed in microdol , 1 to 3 . There were very few lenses sharper that this early non-Ai nikkonr lens. It was designed to be sharpest at portrait distance and not infinity.

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tim_o
This reminds me of the excellent photography of the 1960's and 1970's in such mag's as Look and Life. Wonderful subject and tonal range
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birteragland
Superb photograph, really funny that I should come across this because I did the same in Borneo, the people there had never seen an image of themselves either.You are a great photographer mate....cheers from OZ
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j._knight
The first thing I thought about when I saw this....Ansel Adams.......YOU ARE IN FINE COMPANY, MY FRIEND! Im not sure how someone could even give you a 5 for this image. One of the best images I HAVE EVER SEEN on Photo.net..or anywhere for that matter. 10000/100000
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jh de beer

This is a fantastic image, with real soul and character. You just have to love black and white film.

 

Instead of eleborating on the positive parts, which have been done already and with which I agree in toto, I would like to respond to two critisicms made in the comments.

 

Firstly, I don't think it is "an object growing out of her head", which is akin to a tree trunk "growing" out of a subject's head. It looks like it is literally a pipe, tucked in the band around her head - fantastic.

 

In the second place, I don't agree with the looking away argument. I like it especially for that reason. It appears as if the two people from a village from who knows where, are oblivious to the presence of the photographer. This helps to "take me there" and immerse myself in the moment.

 

I just love everything in this photo. Long live the straight shot.

 

Regards

JH

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jeffl7
Such a moving capture. I don't see the woman as being sad at all. She seems stoic. Such a loving capture, not only between them, but between the three of you.
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