Photographer's Note
Quantité de photos montrent des japonais marchant le regard fixe et froid. C’est le reflet d’une réalité qui frappe lorsque l’on découvre le Japon mais qui ne doit pas cacher d’autres moments moins rares que l’on pourrait le croire. Eh oui ! Les Japonais ne sont pas ces “fourmis” obsédées par leur travail, ils peuvent être des gens charmants, souriant aux tentatives peu discrètes d’un étranger avec son appareil photo. A tel point que je me demande à chaque fois lorsque je reviens en France si ce n’est pas nous qui serions un peu coincés.
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A lot of picture show Japanese people walking with a cold and fix look. It’s the reflect of a striking reality when you discover Japan. But this must not hide other moments less rare than you could imagine. Yes, Japanese aren’t these “ants” (expression used some years ago by a French prime minister), obsessed by their work. Then can be charming people, smiling at the not very discreet tries of a stranger with his camera. At such point that I ask to myself, each time I came back to France, if finally it’s not us who have a problem.
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Clairedelune
(4923) 2006-12-23 15:34
Olivier! BRAVO!
Tu ne peux savoir à quel point ta photo et ta note me réjouisse le coeur, l'âme et l'esprit! J'avoue être un peu agacée par les visages au "regard fixe et froid" qu'on nous présente trop souvent. Je suis une ferme croyante de la "Nuance". Tout n'est jamais tout à fait noir ni tout à fait blanc. Alors, pour ça, j'aimerais bien te donner un gros paquet de sourires verts, mais ceci est, bien évidemment, défendu par la loi! ;)
Ta photo? Quel superbe moment! Ces sourires traversent mon écran et vont rejoindre le mien. Merci Olivier. Merci mille et une fois!
Claire
jaywalker
(16105) 2006-12-23 15:40
Hi Oliver, A very nice & happy photo you have captured these people very well, great B/W medium & superb light, i like the way you have mainly focused on the lady & i love her face mask, a brilliant piece of work, kind regards Wilson.
Tayon
(1995) 2006-12-23 16:15
Hi Olivier
You are wrong...there's another happy face in the picture, is the mask..
Good composition and choice of the monocromatic colour.
well done.
Taba
sadeik
(3282) 2006-12-23 16:59
Lovely shot and yes we can sterio type people. You have caught a good photo which is made better by one man really smiling and NOT looking at the camera but with with a smiling face mask.
Excellant
Simon
Polonaise
(5802) 2006-12-23 19:10
My heart goes for this picture.
What a normal, easy going, great, natural, interacting, composed, smiling, positive, cherish, enjoyable, immaculate, smart, non-pretentious, well done, no 'but & if' - photo.
Uff... What a relaxing photo, if I may add.
I don't have to lie, I don't have to level with, I don't have to look for the things in that picture, that don't even exist.
The best Christmas gift one can get...
A NORMAL, BEAUTIFUL PHOTO !!!
Hats off to Olivier...
Thanks, brother.
You rejuvenated my faith in a normal world of normal, intelligent people with that one, single photo from Japan.
I need it, my Gosh...I very need it...
george
Photo Information
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Copyright: Oliver Ca (Olrik)
(1645)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Black & White
- Date Taken: 2006-08-15
- Categories: Festivals
- Camera: Nikon D70, Nikkor AF-S 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Theme(s): Hyuga Matsuri 2006, Smiles from Japan - Sourires du Japon [view contributor(s)]
- Date Submitted: 2006-12-23 15:28
Discussions
- To Clairedelune: Merci Claire (1)
by Olrik, last updated 2006-12-23 03:57 - To Tayon: It's the title (1)
by Olrik, last updated 2006-12-23 04:19 - To sadeik: Concerning the "man" (2)
by Olrik, last updated 2006-12-24 05:28 - To Polonaise: You're Santa Claus, aren't you ? (1)
by Olrik, last updated 2006-12-24 05:26