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A homeless man in cheltenham, he asked me if I had any change and I gave him some in exchange for me being able to take some photos. he told me that he used to take art gcse at my school and explained how it all went downhill after a drink problem. Despite sitting in the cold day by day making about £3 he still managed to put a smile on his face when talking to me.
| Camera: | Nikon D40  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 18-55mm |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | life on the streets | |
| Username: | 
gillouis | |
| Uploaded: | 19 Feb 2010 - 12:03 AM | |
| Tags: | Black & white, Photo journalism, Street photography | |
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Louis, great image and well done for giving him some change to allow you to take his picture.
I love your composition here, the way it goes from top left through his body and into his mat as a diagonal to the bottom right. Your higher angle looking down on him sort of adds to his feeling of being down. I like your crop of the image as well, nothing in there to cause any distraction although I might have asked him to move his white towel, it's just a minor distraction.
I also like the fact that you picked B&W for this image.
Well done, keep up the good work and even though you're a Nikon user (just joking) I'm going to award you my user award for this week.
DaVeS
I like the shot - but I am inclined to disbelieve that he is truely homeless or that he makes £3 a day............ he has too many good quality clothes and is very unlikely to spend 1/3rd of his days takings on a plastic chrity wristband (let alone his ither bracelets).
But that does not take away from your technically very good shot
Its 4 months since you took this photo and chatted with and showed empathy and respect for this man.
His name is Leslie Barker, he died yesterday aged 42, his body was found in a flat in Cheltenham, his death is being treated as unexplained by the police, but they have arrested 2 men in connection.
RIP Yorkie (as he was known locally).
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