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:icongandhi36:
Event: St Pauls Carnival, Bristol UK.

In a Carnival celebrating a vibrant predominantly Black Community, a young hopeful steps up, closely watched by his dad, and neighbourhood.....
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`shell4art Mar 2, 2008  Professional Photographer
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:iconmichel-lag-chavarria:
oh yes, it's a great shot... the attitude of the young guy, the little girl on the left is great too, the spectators, evreything is a special moment of the life of these people... The crop is perfect and the perspective too.
Black and white gives to this picture a "out of time" feeling...
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:icongandhi36:
Thank you for the thoughts my friend. You're right though, a certain contrast does have a certain timeless to it. For me it's best personified by the grainy 60s photo journalist stuff. I'd really like to emulate that technique....
Thanks for taking the time.#

G
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:icondanych:
love it. I like the pose you captured, especially that his head is above the building in the background. good angle and contrast.
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:icongandhi36:
cheers matey - there's a lot of good documentary stuff around Bristol UK.
Just the time to go looking hard for it.
G
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!Purification Apr 11, 2004   Photographer
Such a good shot, totally captures the community side with all the different people in the background and the bloke with the camcorder. The colour (or rather lack of) works well too :)
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:icongandhi36:
cheers chap. I was quite glad I got a high contrast with it. The carnival was amazing.
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