dave lackey
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Can you capture the misery?
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kully
Happy Snapper
I can't capture it as personally as that Dave.
Sparrow
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So sad, Dave 
Nice hat Kully
Nice hat Kully
Aziz
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steamer
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No I can't capture the misery in a photo, it is in my e-mail inbox. I just keep telling myself trouble don't last always.
Good luck Dave.
Good luck Dave.
ClaremontPhoto
Jon Claremont
It does not have to be miserable...
It was Christmas day, and this was the only place open in Montemor. A nice cafe bar with an upmarket restaurant.
One family arrived for lunch in their top of the range SUV and sat down for their roast goose.
Another family had pre-ordered a whole roast suckling pig.
This family, who I know well, ordered their lunch. In time the waiter arrived to serve their food and with a flourish placed their plates of egg and chips on the table.
It was Christmas day, and this was the only place open in Montemor. A nice cafe bar with an upmarket restaurant.
One family arrived for lunch in their top of the range SUV and sat down for their roast goose.
Another family had pre-ordered a whole roast suckling pig.
This family, who I know well, ordered their lunch. In time the waiter arrived to serve their food and with a flourish placed their plates of egg and chips on the table.
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dave lackey
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Hey, this is a good start...
The reason for this thread is to challenge my own photographic skills to put emotion into an image of this topic. Granted, I may have an unfair advantage because I am experiencing it personally, but I am trying to expand my own visual perception of how the Recession is impacting the world around us.
BTW, I am documenting my own journey as part of a personal project.
It's just tough to know which way to point the camera.
The reason for this thread is to challenge my own photographic skills to put emotion into an image of this topic. Granted, I may have an unfair advantage because I am experiencing it personally, but I am trying to expand my own visual perception of how the Recession is impacting the world around us.
BTW, I am documenting my own journey as part of a personal project.
It's just tough to know which way to point the camera.
Bnack
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Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
dave lackey
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Excellent capture, Keith!
This is such a difficult and unsavory topic, I doubt we will get any more contributions but this is what I was hoping to see...(not the situation, just the capture)...
Photographers tend to only want to get the images of the nice things in life: people, landscapes, flowers, etc. It is tough to capture emotion of a terrible event in an image if for no other reason than it being difficult to "intrude" by aiming a camera.
Thanks for the post.
This is such a difficult and unsavory topic, I doubt we will get any more contributions but this is what I was hoping to see...(not the situation, just the capture)...
Photographers tend to only want to get the images of the nice things in life: people, landscapes, flowers, etc. It is tough to capture emotion of a terrible event in an image if for no other reason than it being difficult to "intrude" by aiming a camera.
Thanks for the post.
Pierre-Christian H
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Sparrow
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this brings to mind that Peter Gabriel song "Don't give up", the one with Kate Bush
Richbuckle
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reagan
hey, they're only Zorkis
a good topic and some great shots. interesting stuff.
Monz
Monz
Poundland (UK)
With the economic downturn, thrift shops such as this one are doing well whilst up-market supermarkets are struggling.
With the economic downturn, thrift shops such as this one are doing well whilst up-market supermarkets are struggling.
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dave lackey
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LOL....!!!
Sparrow
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I’m taking some stuff to a lab in Bradford (West Yorkshire) this week. There should be some suitable images to be had, Bradford hasn’t had any booms since the 1960’s but is still hit badly by each bust in turn.
So there should be some interesting pictures to be had assuming I survive, Lumb Lane a 200 yds north of the lab has the accolade of the most dangerous place in Europe, that’s why no one noticed Peter Sutcliffe’s escapades for so long. The whole city felt very tense when I was last there, ripe for a riot in the summer.
So there should be some interesting pictures to be had assuming I survive, Lumb Lane a 200 yds north of the lab has the accolade of the most dangerous place in Europe, that’s why no one noticed Peter Sutcliffe’s escapades for so long. The whole city felt very tense when I was last there, ripe for a riot in the summer.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
With a recession comes an increase in crime! I've spent the last two weeks working with my signwriter friend Carol setting up an office for a Lawyer who specialises in legal aid cases ... it's in a very depressed area that already has an extremely high crime rate. He's had to move into larger premises because he's expecting a boom!
Sad but true!
[edit] ... incidentally in the two weeks I was there I saw about three arrests in the shopping center square where the office is located!
Sad but true!
[edit] ... incidentally in the two weeks I was there I saw about three arrests in the shopping center square where the office is located!
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btgc
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/scenes_from_the_recession.html
Not my pics, but quite impressive. Think they could fit here....
Not my pics, but quite impressive. Think they could fit here....
dave lackey
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Yes, bostom.com does an amazing job...
These hit too close to home for me. I was half expecting to see myself in there...
These hit too close to home for me. I was half expecting to see myself in there...