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11-MAY-2005

Alone, Shanghai, China, 2005

It is hard to live all alone. I wanted to reach out and comfort her. And so I did, but in my own way. I talked to her, and asked if I could take some pictures for her, and promised to bring her the prints next time. She agreed.
I allowed her to become comfortable with my camera. She forgot my presence and became lost in her own memories. She is so vulnerable and so alone. She lives in the past, and does not want to leave it.

Canon EOS 10D
1/125s f/4.5 at 50.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Daniel 17-Nov-2005 07:32
From your caption and your description of this woman, you not only describe the feeling and thoughts but capture it on digital. You take pictures with your heart. Well done. Daniel Yong www.pbase.com/dyong
Guest 27-Sep-2005 00:47
very emotional and beautiful image. well done. vote.
Guest 02-Sep-2005 15:23
So emotional pictures...Thanks you for your mind, please continue...
fred
Phil Douglis23-May-2005 22:11
***This character study places her in the context of her door, which seems as old as she is. She is so much at peace with herself that she seems to have been sitting there forever. Her hands, the environment, her sense of resignation, go beyond just showing us what she looks like. Instead they tell us who she is.
Kal Khogali23-May-2005 14:35
Incredibly expressive image Jen. It is almost as though she is part of those old walls. I am spending alot of time in these frogotten parts of Shanghai, and I am finding there is a stoic resignation in the eyes of the old, but an optimism for the future in the young. Here you capture the first so well. Wonderful.
Guest 23-May-2005 12:40
Very nice, Jen. I wonder what she is looking at. The way she holds her arm is interesting too. Everything about her makes me feel she is a little sad, from her not smiling, to how all wrinkles cascade downward (like a bunch of frowns).
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