MOTHER & CHILD II
Image captured in a small rural town outside of Shenzhen, China. Factories and farming dominate the activity of this town. Among the tons of factories, there were apartment dwellings for the people working in these factories. The majority of these people came from outside provinces for work. I found the people living here to be very gentle, innocent and curious.
Needless to say, I was very shocked to see this mother and child living in this make-shift home in between new and dilapidated buildings….it was and is a rather heart wrenching scene to me.
Nana korobi, ya oki.
A Japanese proverb…..
Literal translation: Seven falls, eight getting up.
Meaning: An encouragement to keep going no matter how tough it is.
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Mukesh Srivastava
Great photojournalism shot,Tatum!!!!
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you kindly Mukesh!!! Glad you like it! :)
Kristi Bryant
excellent shot tatum- have you got this in any street photography or photojournalism groups??? looks like it makes a wonderful card- you should be very proud of this one!!
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you Kristi!! Yes, I belong to some street photography groups… I will start submitting it!! Thanks!! :)
Straysod
Great capture. Sad, deep, moving and even strangely encouraging!
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you for the very thoughtful comment… that’s exactly how I feel about this image :)
Werner Padarin
an exquisitely composed ‘that’s how it is” shot – I suppose it might be the family of one of the labourers without a permit to live in the city
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you for your thoughtful comment Werner; yes, that’s quite likely.. (no permit).
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Tatum Wulff
This was featured in the group, Streetscapes on Oct. 15/09.
Huge thank you Andee for the feature!!!! It’s an honor and it’s greatly appreciated!! :)
ega39
Great shot, sad and powerful
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you for your comment! :)
steppeland
Yes … The conditions in which people have to live sometimes are heart-wrenching indeed… Great shot!
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you for your thoughtful comment Steppeland! :)
Isa Rodriguez
such a sight you captured here… you have such a love of people clearly shown in your shots.. this is heartwrenching.. .. i hope for the always peace and hope.. amazing documentary, Tatum
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you Isa.. this image really means a lot to me, I’ll never forget being there.
titus
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Congratulations on the “Change is Relevant” challenge win.
Tatum Wulff replied
Thank you so much for creating this challenge!!! I am truly honored to have won this challenge, and I thank everyone who voted for my image!!!! Cheers!! :)
sirenhill
it teribly sad to see alright in this day and age that some have so little we really dont have a lot to complain about some of us we are so lucky
Tatum Wulff replied
Sirenhill, thank you dearly for the feature and also thank you for your thoughtful comment regarding this image and what it says. We are very lucky… most of us feel don’t have enough, when really we ought be extremely grateful for what we do have, considering there are so many w/o the basics. But I like to think that there are some w/o a lot of money but they are strong in character and spirit, whereas there are those with huge bank accounts who are very poor in character and spirit….
Still… everyone deserves at the bare minimum, the basics of enough food, clean drinking water and a home.
sirenhill
thats true it should be a basic right for everyone .I think tecnological advancement could wait a bit maybe more time should be invested in people rather than creating machines to destroy or factories to drain natural resources
Tatum Wulff replied
Yes, I totally agree. Balance and priorities need to be restored and/rethought
x- pose Klaus ... 28 days ago
Tis photo is more than touching, because it shows what´s going wrong in this world. It also is a kind of testimony, for generations that follow us!
Tatum Wulff replied 26 days ago
Thank you for your thoughtful comment Klaus!