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04-MAR-2006

The Culture Gap, Shanghai 2006

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Guest 03-Jun-2006 19:52
Spit from the cultural womb.Like a cherry stone popped from its unripe flesh.Those parting steel lips plastered by a generation of peculiar heros.Murmuring their own mantras until we are almost them.Mutating to survive through this new infection of tomorrow.
Guest 03-Jun-2006 18:09
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Ana Carloto O'Shea09-Mar-2006 14:45
Another fantastic capture Kal. The great melting pot happening right in our eyes...
Guest 07-Mar-2006 15:41
Another great capture, Kal. I simply love those images of you. V.
Guest 07-Mar-2006 09:54
Excellent capture. As if the boy steps into a new world, not at all at ease.
Guest 07-Mar-2006 03:27
What a great capture.
Phil Douglis06-Mar-2006 23:10
Not much I can add to these excellent comments, Kal. Another remarkable comment on changing cultural values and their implications on society -- in this case, the future. You use not only the incongruity of the mature vs the immature facial expressions here but also the physical black gap in the door. I would image that the image gains even more meaning if the word on the posters are able to be understood.
Guest 06-Mar-2006 20:15
so ironic and so bitter....
Dougie Young06-Mar-2006 19:17
Love the expresion on his face. Makes me wonder what's behind the doors!! :>oted
Ray Rebortira06-Mar-2006 18:31
One foot in and one out, his back turned away from the Western icon but he is not exactly looking directly towards the East --- so this Chinese youth, right at the cusp, must find his own way to the future.
Guest 06-Mar-2006 14:14
Wow, a real child among icons...
~ l'Autre
Guest 06-Mar-2006 13:10
You punctuate the wor(l)ds of culture emphatically and with sublime power.It is if there is a confusion of voices among a planet of ears and eyes.And you step into the foray with one look.As a maestro's hand to conduct bittersweet rhythm from cacophony.You shake our senses awake.Incredible intelligent personable photograhic style.I bow to you,Kal :)
~V!~
Guest 06-Mar-2006 12:49
Great capture
Guest 06-Mar-2006 12:35
Great capture - well spotted. You really have a talent for seeing and capturing expression and meaning in your images. Love the title!
Guest 06-Mar-2006 12:22
Wonderful juxtaposition of worlds, of images of the world. I love the expression of the child. A powerful image.
david procter06-Mar-2006 11:59
Sublime - caught between those cultural icons, with one foot on the platform and the other foot on the train.
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