Ivory Coast 3

    The cheif of tievopleu II, a village in western Ivory Coast. 2000

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      joaobambu, SeanMcTex, rleigh, LauraElaine, and 64 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. joaobambu (90 months ago | reply)

      Extremely powerful. This hypnotized me. Extraordinary.

    3. whileseated (90 months ago | reply)

      great work, departure.

    4. rleigh (90 months ago | reply)

      What a wonderful, powerful face.

    5. MarXhika [deleted] (90 months ago | reply)

      it's so interesting to look at elderly people's pictures. They have a different expression on their face.

      just very interesting indeed...

    6. jonrawlinson (90 months ago | reply)

      well done

    7. lightpainter (90 months ago | reply)

      wow, wonderful portrait... your work is great.

    8. Iguana Jo (90 months ago | reply)

      What's about this one? Could you tell us the story? TNX

    9. Departure Lounge (90 months ago | reply)

      It's kind of funny actually.
      I was traveling in western Ivory Coast, close to the Liberian boarder, visiting refugees from the war in Liberia (this was in 2000, before the war in Ivory Coast sent all those same refugees (and many Ivoirians as well) back across the boarder into Libieria).
      Anyway, I had been invited to spend a couple of nights in a small village south of Danane (the town where I had been staying) and when I arrived in the village, the first thing I had to go was go and meet the cheif of the village.
      Now, it was about 1 in the afternoon and it was hot and humid and hazy and I wasn't too keen on shooting very much right away, especially out in the open when I assumed the overhead sun would make for some pretty nasty light. But the cheif asked me to take his picture. So I did. I got in pretty close and shot a couple of frames (this is pretty close to the original crop, just made square) and then didn't think about it again until I got back to Abidjan and had all my film developed.
      It's one of my favorite images from the entire year that I spent in the Ivory Coast, and when I shot it I thought it was going to be crap. The funny thing is that the next day I shot a bunch more photos of him sitting on a little veranda that I thought were going to be great. And they were crap! (needless to say, I've learned a lot more about light since then).

    10. Iguana Jo (90 months ago | reply)

      Thank you for the story, it is very interesting.
      Feel free to telling more for your other pictures :-)

    11. BoazImages (89 months ago | reply)

      great picture!it feels as his eyes are telling a story!

    12. flixz (88 months ago | reply)

      Powerful, it's like he looks right into your soul! Great capture.

    13. Sam Scholes (88 months ago | reply)

      Faces like this tell so much. I think to think of the wrinkles are years, years of stories and of experience. This face reminds of my Grandfather's.

    14. Karan Gurnani (88 months ago | reply)

      powerful image.....cool

    15. ayoye (88 months ago | reply)

      you're so right DL the light is everything;good portrait.I like it a lot.

    16. knight rider [deleted] (88 months ago | reply)

      This is an awesome picture. Ive always wanted to travel to africa just to so i could shoot a picture like this face shot, as well as many others. Was this done with a digital camera or film. If digital, what kind of camera do you use if you dont mind me asking?

    17. descuarinjado (88 months ago | reply)

      I like this photo

    18. Jorge Orte Tudela [deleted] (87 months ago | reply)

      Very expressive.

    19. joaobambu (87 months ago | reply)

      Great to visit your stream again and see the story behind the photo. Thanks!

    20. shutterfly_ (87 months ago | reply)

      beautiful composition

    21. rAndoM AliAs [deleted] (87 months ago | reply)

      mesmerizing...

    22. naftalina007 (85 months ago | reply)

      totally mesmerizing and hypnotizing portrait
      One of the best I have seen on Flickr!

    23. gem66 (84 months ago | reply)

      One can learn much from your photography. Thanks for posting this. It is elemental.

    24. btezra [deleted] (83 months ago | reply)

      ~the closeness of the lens to the subject really made the difference here~

    25. Winona Grey (83 months ago | reply)

      Wow.

    26. ryran (82 months ago | reply)

      Practically everything I might've said has already been posted.. I just love it.

    27. Mernas (81 months ago | reply)

      Great portrait, he could be a statue if it wasn't for his deep, well-alive eyes

    28. clojovi (76 months ago | reply)

      Wow ! great portrait !

    29. Cynthia M. Cavalcanti (66 months ago | reply)

      Very strong expression!

    30. .meesh. (54 months ago | reply)

      beautiful portrait... his face is unforgettable...

    31. photoeyesee (45 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Quality Black & White Images, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    32. yumievriwan (45 months ago | reply)

      This is fantastic.

    33. Paco Peña (36 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called La vida en blanco y negro /The life in black and white, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

    34. derNubo (33 months ago | reply)

      outstanding portrait!

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