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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

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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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michaelging

Photo was taken in 1975, in a remote village in the mountains, on the

Island of Luzon in the Philippines.Many years after the photo was

taken the village was distroyed when a dam was built near by and

flooded the valley it was located in. Some people think the woman is

sad. I never felt that way when taking the photo. The Filipino people

are very loving ,especially toward their children.

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erin.e
Damn! another top class image Michael! Giving out all these 7+7s is ruining my average.
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sef1664877429
and great textures, the only thing that spoils this( only slightly) for me is the object growing out of her head( a pipe?). The character of the shot goes a long way to overcome this, though.
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voets

Stunning picture!

Hard to believe the difference in lifestyle there is between them and us.

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drymanphoto
When I saw the thumbnail I thought that it looked, almost brutally real. I guess I could still say that it is, but what amazes me the most is all the detail you captured and how beautiful it is.
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christos
Beautiful and powerful piece of work... escapes the limits of paper or any kind of medium. It's part of us. It's language.
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david robinson
Beautifully and sensitively shot. I love the detail in the hand that holds this child. Hands that work hard and hold with a surety of love. Also I notice the posture of the child's relaxed hand. This shot is just simply stunning...
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d2f
While this is technically a good shot, it lacks the human interest that comes from direct eye contact between the human subject and the viewer. If both subjects were facing the camera and made eye contact this would have been a better than average image. Instead the viewer is faced with the question what are they looking at? We may never know.
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