Urban Addiction, Shanghai 2006 by Kal Khogali

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27-MAY-2006

looking really closely at his phone...he struck me like he was smoking it...like dope...

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Guest		08-Jun-2006 13:24
You are a great street shooter and your sense of timing is wonderful. Great stuff.

Rob Rosetti		08-Jun-2006 10:37
Excellent shot. V Roberto

AL		04-Jun-2006 01:04
Be it dope or cellphone, it's about temptation and indeed an addiction. Very well seen , Kal.

Ana Carloto O'Shea		31-May-2006 16:22
The way he was positioned does really give the impression that he was smoking something illegal... This is the way the paparazzi make us believe in stuff that wasn't really happening ;) The contrast between the man and the woman on the poster is fantastic...

Guest		29-May-2006 08:27
...or like sniffing glue....

Guest		29-May-2006 02:29
This is wonderful, Kal, one of your best. Your caption is so good too. I thought he was playing "harmonica". But this is a phone? Yes... like a drug... Wonderful... once again. Lucie

Ray Rebortira		28-May-2006 07:02
His posture, mooning the posters behind, adds to the irony. Bravo!!!

Guest		28-May-2006 06:01
Hard to add much more than what's already been said. As usual, Phil adds such a great perspective. Very well seen.

Phil Douglis		27-May-2006 18:41
Jen said it all, Kal -- the strength of this image rests in the comparison between body languages of the subject and the woman on the poster. One of the picture of health, the other suggests, as you imply, an addict. I am not clear on the gender here, either -- if the subject is a woman, rather than a man, the image works even more forcefully, because of stronger linkage between the subject and the figure on the poster.

Guest		27-May-2006 15:48
Brilliant photography Kal. V

Guest		27-May-2006 13:49
Nice capture.

...duncan		27-May-2006 13:44
Excellent shot V

Jennifer Zhou		27-May-2006 13:28
You can really make a gallery of people with there cell phones Kal, and this one must be one of the best! I can tell from what he wears that he is probably another migrant worker, and a city like shanghai can be a great temptation for him even sometimes migrant workers were treated unfairly, and their lives are not easy at all in a place like this. But just like how you eloquently put it: he was smoking it...like dope... I love that he was placed right in the middle of the two billboards, a metropolis and a pretty woman, they are surely part of the temptation. And it is also interesting to see the pose of the woman comparing the pose of "addict"...

Adalberto Tiburzi		27-May-2006 07:58
Nobody is able at capturing the metaphorical side of reality like you do :-) Adal

Knox O		27-May-2006 06:46
pivotal. v.

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