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Rabbit guy
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Thought I’d share this one, he was sitting against a marble shop front hence the white spots to his top left, apart from that is there emotion in this image?
Hey Paul,
Yep, I think there is a great deal of sadness in the guys eyes. Its a good sympathetic portrait for him.
Did you strike up a conversation with him at all?I wonder how the dog and rabbit get on :)
Hi Mark,
Yes I stopped for a while to speak to him and asked him about the pets, he looks after them so well, I asked him could I take his portrait and there was no problem, some people passing by thought it was odd (by the look on their faces, my wife was keeping an eye on my back), I thought rather then use a long lens that it may be better to stop and talk and gain trust, hope it made a better image,
There is a photographer I like alot Milton Rogovin (passed away earlier this year) who had a saying that ‘the rich had their own photographers’.
and thats why he took photos of the under privileged. Photos like this are important imho.Thanks for the comment Scenes, I did find this rather an emotional image to process, took it on colour film and then converted it to mono.
Paul
I like this photo. Converting it to black and white was a good choice.
And I like that you engaged the subject while taking the photo.
He’s actually a really nice chap. He’s the guy who jumped into the Liffey earlier in the year to save his rabbit. Someone had thrown it in!
Love the shot too. The BW conversion works well and concentrates your attention on the subject without any distracting colours.Hi Dennis
Thanks for the comments, he is a really nice guy, I spoke to him about jumping off the bridge, he seemed to be more concerned about the dog and rabbit than himself.Dont normally comment in this particular forum, mainly because street & documentary is not my forte and i dont feel qualified enough just yet, but this image is excellent (not sure if excellent is the right work but you know what i mean).
It puts across such sadness in the man’s eyes, and really makes me feel bad when i look around my room and see all the crap i have. There’s a story there also with the animals, which adds a softneess to the man, showing he has a caring nature, and is not a bad guy as he cares for his animals.
The stories people have written here help also, and it sickens me that someone would throw any animal into the river, especially one belonging to a person that has so little.
I always wonder how people get to this position. From my perspective, no matter how bad things ever get, i have family and friends to help me out. He looks like a nice chap and so his back story interests me.
Thanks for taking the time to post this. There are a lot of pictures of the homeless on these forums, but this is the only one I’ve viewed where i get a sense of the person in the photo, and feel the photographer has genuinely captured the subject. great job.
Hi fguihen, thanks for the comment, I happy that it touched a nerve, that’s what I was trying to do with this image, I hoped that the only message I could get across with this image was sadness and a need to connect to this person. Again thanks. Paul
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