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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Twenty Two: Black and white travel photography – making less into more > Portrait One, Hoa Phong Lan Handicapped Children’s School, Dalat, Vietnam, 2007
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27-DEC-2007

Portrait One, Hoa Phong Lan Handicapped Children’s School, Dalat, Vietnam, 2007

Most of the children at this school were thrilled that we were visiting them. They reacted very emotionally to my camera. This child could not show me his pleasure. He could only look back at me. It was as if he was in one place, and I was in another. Such is the nature of his handicap. He was sitting next to window, his face half in shadow, half in light, a contrast that can be seen as a symbol for the two sides of a mind in conflict. When I first looked at this image in its color, the blue clothing and color in his face neutralized the power of that contrast as a symbol. When I converted it to black and white, the image gives us a better sense of what must be going on within him.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/20s f/3.6 at 23.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time27-Dec-2007 21:37:40
MakeLeica
ModelV-LUX 1
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length23 mm
Exposure Time1/20 sec
Aperturef/3.6
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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Phil Douglis19-Jan-2008 21:05
As you know, I seldom make face shots. But in this image, his world was reflected in his face and nothing else matters.
monique jansen19-Jan-2008 10:20
Exquisite portrait!
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