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Published: 2006-04-02 22:58:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2872; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 131
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The perfect category for my title. I took these while walking around Minneapolis yesterday. I think it's a fair representation of the kind of people that hang around the city on Saturday's.Related content
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A poem is a city filled
with streets and sewers,
Filled with saints heros
beggars madmen,
Filled with banality
and booze,
Filled with rain and
thunder and periods of
drought,
A poem is a city at war,
Its a barber shop filled
with cynical drunks,
A poem is a city,
A poem is a nation
A poem is the World.
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good stuff, i'm still growing some balls to ask homless people for portraits...
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Very touching sequence of great shots. This is simply great !
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i'm glad you like them
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you're very welcome
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lol reminds me of down town orlando. the 4th pic is my fav <3
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beautiful. I love the idea. And your photos of these homeless people are set far apart from the cliche hobo-photography.
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thanks 
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very true! Perfect words for what i was trying to say, lol.
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sorry i havent been able to comment man. i've been so f-ing busy with work lately man. anyway, i like the 4th frame the most. it isn't just "pretty." they've got cool emotions, great composition. ok...alright i gotta go. sorry man...hehe.
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thanks, i've been missing your comments. anyways, keep working!
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I noticed the Dylan vivitar, and had to check out who's behind it. Very cool gallery. This one especially.
How do you usually approach the homeless?
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thanks. for the top photo i was far enough away that i just used a big lens, the three below that i asked, and the bottom one i took without the person noticing.
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alrightey. I'd really like to take some photos of interesting looking people I see on the street: the homeless, street vendors etc.. but so far I haven't had the courage to approach them.
that's why I was interested.
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actually i feel a lot less intimidated by these guys than regular sane people. i think if you ask they won't mind. you might have to spare a dollar though
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ok. that's it. I'm gonna try and find courage as well.
I guess the worst thing that can happen is that these people say no.
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exactly. i did have one old bag chase me the other day though...
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now that must have looked funny! heheheh.
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she was just a total bitch though. i even gave her a dollar. she wasn't even crazy, just lazy.
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Looks very photojournalistic. You get my 
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thanks for the favorite
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It's a nice set, it shows variety while pretty much summing it all up and being in common...
the b&w is good, and the focus in each shot is good as well
nice work!
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i think they are great by themselves..every single one is great..
i am not sure if i would like the arrangement in a different way..but when i was scrolling down i thought it would be better in another way..but i cant really say how...
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well if you think of a better way let me know. i don't really want to post them individually just cause i don't want to fill my gallery up with homeless people.
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yeah, quite the unconstructive critique right..sorry..
well, somehowi think they would look better horizontally..or in a rectangle/square..
but the main thing i think is that it needs more space of separation
ah i see..ok
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I love the richness of all of these photos. I like how the lady's fingers are blurry in the second last picture because it helps add another level/depth. My favourites are the second picture and the last one...
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thanks
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I really like the b/w feel... was this via film/camera/software?
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i shot these with my digital camera, but they were all b/w originally with the exception of the top photo. it was just a b/w setting on the camera.
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Oh, just wondering. I really like the richness of it, that's why. And I know you can get a different feel according to those criteria.
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They're all fantastic photographs and put together perfectly. Black and white was a perfect choice, it captured the mood.
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Your choice to shoot this picture in black and white gives it a sort of stark flair.
I like how you arranged the pictures in a sequential kind of format.
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