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Stelios
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Phantomas,
do you feel like your eyes "changed" after this? Do you see things a bit differently?
do you feel like your eyes "changed" after this? Do you see things a bit differently?
Beirut
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Wow. Great photos. I am more than envious because I find it very hard personally to go out and capture unknown people.
AgentX
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Thanks for sharing. Truly impressive.
Lauffray
Invisible Cities
Yep, good place for some street scenes, maybe even documentary if you're into that stuff. If you like landscape, there's tons in the plains in the east and some amazing things down south.
Phantomas
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Time for an update. This post is about children of Shatila, an "open" Palestinian ref
Time for an update. This post is about children of Shatila, an "open" Palestinian ref
Time for an update. This post is about children of Shatila, an "open" Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut. I spent a couple of days there, most of the time in youth centers and around children. The boys were easy to shoot, girls not so much, but that's understandable. One trick I used - not all the kids were willing to be photographed, so what I'd do is take a photo of their friends and show them the result on the screen (those digitals are good for something). to their amazement, screams and laughter, so the shy kids would come running to participate.
These photos are lighthearted, the kids look cute and happy, but unfortunately that doesn't reflect the reality of the camp. The depressing realisation is that having spent some time at the school and after-school center to realize that with no job rights in Lebanon, watching these kids study one can't help wonder about the dead end they're soon to face. But let's not be pessimistic. I also consider education of the outmost importance in the development of the society in need.
The fun part was lending my D700 to these kids (they were all over it!). Most of them couldn't figure out where shutter button was so I had to help them, but since I used manual focus lenses they couldn't shoot much... except for a couple of kids. I lent the camera to one girl while I was playing football with some kids and was amazed to find most shots perfectly in focus! Wow! Inspired I went back there the next day with a bagfull of disposable cameras. The idea was to let the kids shoot and bring the cameras back to develop (I doubt any of their families could afford or find the facilities to print the photos), but of course they were all in tears once they heard I wanted them back, so I lost. I only got one camera back, from Sawsan, a nice little girl who also spoke a little English and acted as my interpreter the whole time.
Anyway, here are the photos of the kids. I'm trying hard to keep the quantities down, not an easy task, but as usual after looking at them for a couple of months I'll be able to decide which ones are the keepers.
Time for an update. This post is about children of Shatila, an "open" Palestinian ref
Time for an update. This post is about children of Shatila, an "open" Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut. I spent a couple of days there, most of the time in youth centers and around children. The boys were easy to shoot, girls not so much, but that's understandable. One trick I used - not all the kids were willing to be photographed, so what I'd do is take a photo of their friends and show them the result on the screen (those digitals are good for something). to their amazement, screams and laughter, so the shy kids would come running to participate.
These photos are lighthearted, the kids look cute and happy, but unfortunately that doesn't reflect the reality of the camp. The depressing realisation is that having spent some time at the school and after-school center to realize that with no job rights in Lebanon, watching these kids study one can't help wonder about the dead end they're soon to face. But let's not be pessimistic. I also consider education of the outmost importance in the development of the society in need.
The fun part was lending my D700 to these kids (they were all over it!). Most of them couldn't figure out where shutter button was so I had to help them, but since I used manual focus lenses they couldn't shoot much... except for a couple of kids. I lent the camera to one girl while I was playing football with some kids and was amazed to find most shots perfectly in focus! Wow! Inspired I went back there the next day with a bagfull of disposable cameras. The idea was to let the kids shoot and bring the cameras back to develop (I doubt any of their families could afford or find the facilities to print the photos), but of course they were all in tears once they heard I wanted them back, so I lost. I only got one camera back, from Sawsan, a nice little girl who also spoke a little English and acted as my interpreter the whole time.
Anyway, here are the photos of the kids. I'm trying hard to keep the quantities down, not an easy task, but as usual after looking at them for a couple of months I'll be able to decide which ones are the keepers.
