A place of no hope

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And yet the mother has radiant eyes.

This is what I noted traveling in areas like this (where I normally prefer not to take photos). People are poor but proud in their eyes. Something we do not have in the rich world and something we should learn form them.

uuuaaauuuu, que maravillosa expresión has capturado, fantástica.... max y gracias

Very well composed ............Regards Kawan

 

At the risk of causing a furvor... There is always hope, and you can see it in her (the mother's) eyes. A well taken image as always.

 

-Dave

 

 

I am getting more and more impressed of the way you work with your camera among people in unusual situations. A very beautiful shot with perfect handling of exposure, sharpness and lighting. Take good care my friend and all the best from Jannica

Excellent portrait. It can expess despair on the face of the child and also the determination on the face of the mother, that she will do her best to make their difficult life as good as she can. A picture to remember. Thanks Birte for sharing it with us. Best regards, Karoly

What a wonderful portrait of the time there. The photo gives me some indication that perhaps, for a brief moment, you brought a little happiness into the mother's life. The photo and the title makes me think of a line from Shakespeare's play, "Measure For Measure"....."The miserable have no other medicine but only hope." Great work Birte!!

Beautiful portrait, I love the colors, excellent work.

 

Cheers.

 

Alberto

I address this to both of you, because I want to tell both of you something I feel deeply about this one and this kind of photograph. Birte, this is a nice shot, beautifully composed and with wonderful light. I have also rated it well. Thanks Birte for presenting a nice photograph.

 

But my deep and heartfelt gratitude goes to Francesco, who represents, through his comments, the group of persons for whom a socially sensitive eye is as important, or perhaps more important than a photographic eye / a scientist's eye / a politician's eye etc. Seeing a different culture from outside may not give one the full idea of its emotions; often those coming from a relatively financially higher and politically stable / socially secure position look at a culture with financial / political disturbance as one with misery and hopelessness only. The title could as well be 'Hope' rather than 'no hope' -; most of the viewers do read the expression as hope, and my thanks goes to Anderson and Karoly for the same reason. In the PN and of course in many other sites, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and many other countries of Africa and Asia are often presented as representing poverty and disease only -we miss very important aspects of a human culture if we do not see the resilience, let alone the beauty.

 

Birte, I am a great admirer of your art, and I also consider you a friend; I know you like India a lot. I sincerely hope you do not mind my earnest appeal to you for being a little more empathic than sympathetic only, when you are representing such countries through your truly fantastic and powerful photographs.

 

With best regards. Jayanti

Birte,

 

With due respect to your photographic eye and skill, I want to mention in this context that my feeling to your recent presentations on India is negative. You claim that you’re empathetic to the poor people of India but only your “dirty jeans and T-shirt” don’t prove that. Your brilliant photographic presentations are the depictions of only “No Hope”. Unless you strongly believe in ‘hope’ you can’t find the rays of hope. I believe that from your photographs you raise money for the poor people, but only raising funds (which is truly helpful for them) don’t prove your empathetic attitude. Going through your recent photographs on India in PN, I anxiously feel a marked difference between your good intention to do something helpful for the poor section of Indian people and the way you’re presenting them. The message coming through your photographs is definitely not of “hope”. I hope you’ll definitely realize my agony .

 

Personaly, in this image I see hope...I also see jewerly and maybe (I am not sure) makeup on the lips...that is not to say these people have no problems, just that your title reflect your own vision and what you would like your images to tell...the real story may differ somehow...

Excellent photo though!

 

Out of all thumbnails of your portfolio, I clicked on this one because something in mother's eyes caught my attention. Her eyes reflect confidence and strength. Looks like she is proud of her daughter and it shows. There has to be a hope where moms are so confident, radiant and strong...

truly radiant eyes!