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3 children and a sheep (contains violence!)

Photography People posted on Dec 14, 2007

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As I was wandering in Saint-Louis du Sénégal with a friend who invited us in this country, I was intrigued by children who apparently were playing in debris. But in fact they were looking for some stuff and it was one of the most painful scenes I ever saw: there is just a dead sheep rotting at their feet. I asked myself then: do I take pictures or do I close the camera within the bag? I decided to photograph that, because I think that everybody must know that this situation really exists today. And it explains why so many people are ready to leave their own country for developed nations on old overcrowded boats, hoping for a better future. Thanks to people who commented my photos of this Senegal series:
Cars of 2007, Senegal, 1, for Mousson

Cars of 2007, Senegal, 2

Cars of 2007, Senegal, 3

Cars of 2007, Senegal 4, Sudden death

Techdata: Nikon D70 with Nikkor 4-5.6/70-300 ED at 70 to 165mm, ISO 200, aperture-priority automatic, 1/250s at f/8. No postwork except for some adjustment of the darker tonal range in Photoshop CS3 Extended.

By this photographic series I want to suggest, approaching Christmas holidays, to keep a concern for poor and suffering people, who are living in such hard conditions, on the same planet than us.

Comments (27)


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pixelmeister

12:06PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

Tacky and very dangerously, but beautiful photographs.

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Claywoman

12:12PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

Oh wow I had to look 3 times to actually see the sheep. It is so sad that people have to live this way..and the fact that they children are not fazed by the site of the dead animal says a million..Great shots!

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Gise

12:12PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

thanks for posting this- great capture and message

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jeroni

12:31PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

excelentes imagenes bravo

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RobyHermida

12:34PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

QUE TRISTE ES VER A LOS CHICOS PASAR POR ESTOS PROBLEMAS.... LAS NACIONES TENDRIAN QUE GASTAR DINERO EN ESTO Y NO EN TANTA BOMBAS Y ARMAS....

Trollmac

1:41PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

Sad to hear that, but great capture!

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artaddict2

2:22PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

Thanks for showing us this, its very sad to see, and if I am perfectly honest with my first thoughts right now here on RR, in my cosey little heated room having just eaten and my only complaint is that I feel a tad overweight - were wow! this makes great journalistic photography, real people living like this! and if I was there I would feel uneasy taking the picture but like you, I would want others to see. Well done.

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El_Lee

2:40PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

There is nothing I say can that has not been expressed already. Thank you for such a wonderful and real image of what is going on in the world outside of one's own cubicle.5+++

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KarmaSong

4:56PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

Merci, Edouard, de nous montrer les conditions de vie quotidienne de plus des deux-tiers de la population mondiale, loin des préoccupations artistiques et existentielles que nous nous inventons pour donner un sens à notre vie, parfois, alors qu'il est inacceptable que des êtres humains n'aient que des déchets à manger. Des photos courageuses, et qui dérangent. Jluc

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RBlue

8:38PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

The last child looks to have just arrived the first to be photographed.

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2Loose2Trek

11:22PM | Fri, 14 December 2007

Thank you for the courage to photograph such scenes ... when the various empires encroached on the third world, the indigenous ways of life were destroyed. Nothing good, apparently, has replaced those old ways. Excellent work Edouard.

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angel_dust

12:39AM | Sat, 15 December 2007

Great post!

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Elcet

3:36AM | Sat, 15 December 2007

A REPLY TO MY FRIEND RBLUE: in fact, the last boy was not busy with me photographying the group. He was just unconcerned, which surprised me. If you consider that the pict has not been cropped and the focal length that I verified in the metadata, i.e. 165mm (equiv. of 248mm in full-size silver format) does not give a magical enlargement, you see that I was very close to him, perhaps 9ft (3 meters). I took this shot, and immediately afterwards I put my Nikon in the bag and closed the bag. I was very uneasy to take this scene, for 2 reasons. First, I am often very shy when photographying people (my wife Marie-Therese, mtc at Renderosity, is a much better portraitist, as you will see in a while). Let you also recall that in Senegal with a 90 percent moslem population, people hate being photographed (and may in few seconds become hostile, as also in many poor countries). The second reason is that I was really upset by what I saw, I could not imagine what, IN THE REAL WORLD, extreme poorness means, in spite of the fact that I had endured hard situations myself before becoming a professional illustrator. But I thought that my duty as a citizen who is an image creator was to report the fact that this exists, so that ordinary people take the courage to claim for real political changes.

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helanker

4:02AM | Sat, 15 December 2007

Oh yes Edouard, this is so sad, that children must go like this. So very sad. Thanks for showing it. Very excellent done too.

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Thelby

4:33AM | Sat, 15 December 2007

Very Powerful and a True Testament to the hardships people face everyday in 3rd world countries!!! Excellent Brave Shot Edouard!!!

Valerie-Ducom

1:09PM | Sat, 15 December 2007

Tu me laisses sans voix.. Comme on dit en anglais : full emotion...

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dphoadley

1:29PM | Sat, 15 December 2007

Touching! DO keep up the good work. DPH

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VDH

10:27AM | Sun, 16 December 2007

Impressive shots!

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Sylvia

10:36AM | Sun, 16 December 2007

Photos with a ~Feeling~ So Impressive!! ^5^

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jocko500

11:00AM | Sun, 16 December 2007

sorry to see this. sorry the sheep was not cooked too before it went bad. I know most moslem hate they photos taken too. this is a very good set of photos that do show the lives of these people here

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Richardphotos

3:48PM | Sun, 16 December 2007

I agree that the people in third world countries have very little hope, but in any large city whether it is the USA or in Europe there are scavengers looking through the thrash and because they choose their beggar life style or by being homeless,mentally ill. in Dallas there are people constantly going through thrash with little regard for the dangers.if the city did not keep them out of the city dump they would be there also

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astro66

12:30AM | Mon, 17 December 2007

Very powerful and moving images... and it must be said very good ones too. I can understand how difficult it must have been to take these. Good work. :)

Platin

11:40AM | Mon, 17 December 2007

What a different life, in contrast to us - Unbelievably!!! Very good photo series!!

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Severine

9:56AM | Thu, 20 December 2007

Merci pour ces photos qui nous font réaliser à quel point ces enfants sont malheureux, ça me touche encore plus quand cela touche les enfants. La misère est partout et ceci même dans nos pays développés, riches et modernes !! Et ça je le vois encore tous les jours, mais même nos petits gestes ne sont pas suffisants, ils soulagent et donnent un peu de chaleur un court moment dans leur vie, mais cela ne suffit pas ! Malheureusement même ce genre de photos n'ouvrent pas les yeux de ceux qui baignent dans le luxe et le gâchis !!

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xavier69

5:54PM | Fri, 04 January 2008

terrific !! Xavier

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skyla824

11:18PM | Thu, 20 March 2008

outstanding work.. well done

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mcyak72

1:02PM | Sat, 21 June 2008

Heart renching images, This type of stuff shouldn't happen in the 21st century. With some people gluttening thierselves with money and power we are hit with reality that too many children have to grow up so fast and fend for themselves. if only the rich and powerfull would care for others insted of themselves. powerfull images my friend.


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