a smile on the limits...(III) Photo

Photographer’s Note

Rwanda genocide

Kibumba refugee field

Even in such conditions the simple fact to be close to the dispensary gave to this children a strange safety sensation.

Daily life?

Photo/scan

July 1994

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MiguelP (14332) 2008-03-16 3:40

Hola José. Acabo de hacer un Workshop de esta foto. Tiene algunas deficiencias técnicas, pero el tema me parece tan importante, que creo que merece la pena detenerse en ella. Un abrazo desde Madrid.

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plimrn (19688) 2008-03-16 5:29

Ola Jose,
How nice to meet you. This is a very moving photo with the cheerful smiles behind the barbed wire and the clearly minimal possesions for such a large group.
saúde, amor e alegria, Pat

Polonaise (5638) 2008-03-16 11:30

Aaaaa... finally, Jose...
Something up close and bold...
That's what I was missing recently...
Some close encounters of the third kind...
Not much as a observer but more as a participant...

Same style... Same warmth and atmosphere...
The kids...

God bless the child...

Only children laugh in such inhuman conditions.
The conditions which were brought upon them by their parents and, if nothing will change soon - those kids will bring the same situation upon their kids - unavoidably (when they'll be parents) !!!

Those parts of the world... The people who create them...!!!

THS, Jose

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noborders (14199) 2008-03-22 0:42

Dear Jose,
I've seen all your photos and I admire a lot what you are doing. It is difficult to chose only one or two in your gallery, I think that I would start with this particular one because I always admire the capacity of the human being to smile even in the most terrible conditions of living, at least at some occasions, even the adults...
All what lies around is also worth showing - the barbed wire, the poor possessions of this family, the dirt that lies around... But of course, the most stricking thing here are the smiles !
A beautiful and important and terrible photo...
Bravo for your work,
I hope that many people will see it here,
Best regards and happy Easter,
Catherine.