Photo Challenge: Face in the Crowd

 

Like many people, I hesitate to photograph people without their knowledge.  Sometimes, if the mood is right, I ask permission, but then the people invariably strike poses or give an embarrassed smile for the camera.  So, the few I have are usually street scenes or action scenes.  Some I feel I couldn’t display publicly as they could be misinterpreted, have vulnerable children in them, or are otherwise not suitable.   Below are some I hope fit the challenge and I have captioned them.

 

Asleep on the job in Halong Bay, Vietnam
It’s a Man’s World in a Sicilian Village
Street Cred. A Hair-cut on the sidewalk in Hanoi, Vietnam
Looks like a hard day at the Office. Tokyo, early evening

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10 responses to “Photo Challenge: Face in the Crowd”

  1. maristravels Avatar

    I couldn’t find out what happened to them so I’ve put them up again. They may not be quite the same photographs but near enough I think. Thanks again for guiding me to this flawed post.

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  2. maristravels Avatar

    Thank you for that comment. I’m glad you popped in because on my computer my photographs have disappeared and now I’ve got to try and find out why! I’m very grateful that you happened on it.

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  3. Jean Salazar Avatar

    I’m loving this blog. Gotta make some time to sit down and read it all. I’m very envious.

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  4. maristravels Avatar
    maristravels

    Glad it tripped a memory. In this particular village, all the women (when we saw them) wore black shawls and the men seemed very suspicious of us. Mind you, we were in a very remote area in the mountains.

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  5. Lucid Gypsy Avatar

    the Sicilian shot takes me back there watching them loiter!

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  6. maristravels Avatar
    maristravels

    Probably, dawn to dusk for some people, but as for hectic? I don’t think so. Life is taken at a very slow pace here, and any spare moment is used for sleeping. I’ve never met people like the S.E. Asians who could sleep at any time and in any place.

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  7. restlessjo Avatar

    Life looks hectic in Halong Bay! 🙂 🙂 But I expect they were up at the crack of dawn.

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  8. maristravels Avatar
    maristravels

    Maybe their partners were having refreshments in one of Tokyo’s Maids’ Cafes!

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  9. Anabel Marsh Avatar

    Great shots! The two women in the foreground of the Tokyo one look as though they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders.

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  10. travelrat Avatar
    travelrat

    Some of my best ‘people pictures’ were taken with permission … but after the subject thought I’d finished.

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