village of lepers

This is very good.

This was taken in a village of lepers, in the desert, near Cairo. The

Little Systers of the Poor provide some help there. (There are other

pictures about this in the same folder.)

you filed this picture under news/journalism and i have rated it as i did on this basis. as a general category photograph it still underperforms in my opinion, but as a piece you wished critiqued as news/journalism here is my insight.

firstly, this tells me nothing about a leprosy village, as an individual submission. the two characters in the picture relate nothing to me other than the fact the location is mediterranean and possibly third world, and neither posture of background woman or foreground child relays any information regarding the circumstance they are in. also use of a child in such a foreground construction is extremely overused, even cliche in terms of journalistic photography; where children are often used abitrarily as meaningful centrepieces to a shot.

Thanks all for your comments. This picture is not meant as an individual submission, as the folder "a village of lepers near cairo" testifies. The category "News/Journalism" still seems to me the best suited for it - in what other catgory could I have placed it?

It is in the right catagory. I'd agree that it's not a stand alone picture but as part of the series it works well. Where Dan says overused and cliched I'd say classic. Children often make news pictures, they are much less self conscious in front of the camera and also represent the future etc etc..

I like the way the child here appears to be hiding round this corner and the intriguing expression.

Wonderful contrast of lifestyles caught in this image. It really tells a story.

I like the furtive look she is giving at you, she is like to say: who are you? and what are you doing? Then there's a movement too: the child is moving away and the person behind is entering the house. I could immediately tell that this was Egipt or an Arabian country anyway. Sorry for the first comment you received but the more I look at this picture, the more I see!