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fahim mohammed

fahim mohammed

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Murray Foote

Murray Foote

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I think that's a wonderful image. Transports you to a different place. I can't even imagine where. ... and makes you a part of it.

Perfect concentration in the barber's chair and the woman (mother?) who has settled in to watch. The carving on the wooden pillars contains a whole cultural story to someone sufficiently informed (not me) and the woodwork is obviously very old. I wonder, maybe India, perhaps Iran or Afghanistan, probably I have no idea. The older man is pensive and reflects the surrounding world, events in the past, the matters of the moment. The woman on the ground, who could easily have been out of place in the composition, adds social depth and also mystery, since we can't see what she is actualy doing. The two youths relaxing against the pillar give a touch of spontanaiety and the younger one, the engagement that allows us in and lets us be part of the scene, the fleeting moment, the point of time in history, the social context.

You said Fahim in another thread that you have no pretensions in photography, you are just a witness with your heart. To some extent, this image belies that in that I think the composition is exquisite, even if perhaps so through the soul it portrays.

Regards,
Murray
 
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John Angulat

pro member
Fahim,
I like this very much!
Murray has been so kind as to "see" all I had wanted to comment upon.
And in doing so, he's saved me much typing!
I'll not add to the guessing game of location, as I'm severely travel deprived - how about a hint?
 
fahim mohammed

fahim mohammed

Well-known member
Hello John. Great having you stop by.

You are not ' travel deprived ', living in the US. I once drove from Toronto down to Florida. I got sick traveling the distance. I could have crossed all of Europe ( well almost ) and the mid-east in the same time.

New York alone is a veritable treasure of diversity and culture.

This was in Southern Nepal, near the Indian border.

Hang loose and take care.
 
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jake klein

Member
I like this photo alot. It transforms into three photo's at once. I see a woman watching her son get his hair cut in suspense. Next I'm brought to the right to the young man smiling knowing he's next! And finally the older gentleman in the back thinking about....
 
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