Family Haircut, Hanoi.

nice..

Nice shot, Miles. Any of the four characters is playing a different part in the scene and they all are connected in some "chain" of life. Not only a slice of life, but "arranged" slice of life, if such a thing exists. Maybe, that's what I like the most in this photo.Starting from the boy under the haircut eager to free himself, through the barber doing his job, then the mother carefully monitoring the operation, and ending with the other boy, the "patient"'s older brother (?), writing something on the wall.

The last player is the most interesting to me. He's already got his haircut and now hiding behind his mother's back is doing wrong to the barber's telephone number. Or, at least, I'm pleasing myself thinking so. :-)

 

 

You know, Miles, when I'm writing a comment the picture I'm addressing is next to (in fact, under) the page I'm writing on, on the same screen. And here, after I wrote "Nice shot, Miles." , next to my page I saw Balaji's "nice..." comment on your picture, as if instructing me to make it short.:-) Regards. Blago

 

 

 

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but i said it's nice precisely for the same reasons you mentioned, Blago. the last character -- that bored kid waiting to get the hell out of there is my fav too.

I enjoy the fact that each individual seems to be doing their own thing in their own private worlds; the closest boy seems to have a naughty streak that appeals - this naughtiness to stave off boredom. There's one scene, but many different aspects to it which increases the interest factor.

I like the tight composition and the idea of an open air hairdressing 'salon' - reminds me of Africa, less uptight and more spontaneous.

As they said above - nice!

Yes really nice. Besides the mood and people the salon itself is great too. I have been working on "adequate technologies" for some time, therefore I am pleased to find such set up, a salon in a corner in a street, the glass, instruments and bottles hanging on a wall, the barber chair etc. I think everything fits in a bycicle when he goes home.

Thanks for your comments everybody. It's true that all over Asia small entrepreneurs have these portable little businesses often selling food, sometimes doing haicuts or nails and I've even seen people carrying round weighing scales charging a few coins to check your weight. Sometimes the transport is a (motor)bike sometimes a van or sometimes just on foot. They make great photographic studies. I'll post a picture of a street kitchen in Hanoi soon. Cheers, Miles.

For the reasons Blago, Balaji, Guillermo and Seven noted above, this is an excellent photo.

 

The viewer's eye is drawn into the scene, and there is more than one story going on here, making this photo rich indeed. Using the single 'vanishing point' here also helps the photo, as it draws the viewers' eyes into the frame, while the individual action of each of the participants separates it.

 

Very successful. H C-B might have taken this photo for its contextual complexity as well as capturing a rich scene overall with the various stories inherent, each reflective of a different thought process of each actor, I think.

 

Fine, rich photo. A moment later, the scene would have changed greatly, probably, as the boy, nearest the camera, moved his hand. It took considerable skill to capture this moment.

 

John (Crosley)