The Shortlist of the Alfred Fried Photography Award 2014
Street Genius
It was 6:30 in the evening and i cant find a ride, from not that quite far, in front of those busy roads where i stand from, I figured out an image, a child, a busy child in his own world doing his thing with his petite table, bag and a carton to serve as a chair and also a bed, that kid was studying not minding the world around him, the busy people walking, not giving a damn for those noises of vehicles passing by. I glanced then suddenly didn't notice that I was already staring at him. I was amused, applauded him inside my mind, respected that kid, I respect him a lot. I grabbed my phone, crossed the street to take that picturesque moment. I didn't care if I would be bumped by a car or what, I motivated myself with, is that I need to take a photo of that wondrous kid. After I took a photo of him, I approached his mother whose selling fruits and I made her see the photo, she was amazed for what she saw there was a sudden bliss in her eyes, she was proud of her son. I touched the head of the kid then I told him.. "You can do it boy, push it!"
"For me this image speaks out that even though we have tribulations in life, though we have problems in life we shouldn't give up to reach for our dreams and goals cause we will get it, we'll achieve it thru perseverance, hard work and simply believing on what we can do, on trusting ourselves we will never go wrong."
It was 6:30 in the evening and i cant find a ride, from not that quite far, in front of those busy roads where i stand from, I figured out an image, a child, a busy child in his own world doing his thing with his petite table, bag and a carton to serve as a chair and also a bed, that kid was studying not minding the world around him, the busy people walking, not giving a damn for those noises of vehicles passing by. I glanced then suddenly didn't notice that I was already staring at him. I was amused, applauded him inside my mind, respected that kid, I respect him a lot. I grabbed my phone, crossed the street to take that picturesque moment. I didn't care if I would be bumped by a car or what, I motivated myself with, is that I need to take a photo of that wondrous kid. After I took a photo of him, I approached his mother whose selling fruits and I made her see the photo, she was amazed for what she saw there was a sudden bliss in her eyes, she was proud of her son. I touched the head of the kid then I told him.. "You can do it boy, push it!"
"For me this image speaks out that even though we have tribulations in life, though we have problems in life we shouldn't give up to reach for our dreams and goals cause we will get it, we'll achieve it thru perseverance, hard work and simply believing on what we can do, on trusting ourselves we will never go wrong."