Forum: Photography


Subject: Challenge Entry - Social Issues

randyrives opened this issue on Mar 12, 2005 ยท 13 posts


ReBorneUK posted Sun, 13 March 2005 at 7:03 AM

Cool pic, Randy - before reading the posts I too thought this had been taken from a... how can I put it? "Unboserved" position, mainly from the shadowing down on the bottom right. If it was mine I maybe would crop off some of the sky, but I dunno..... What is it about the homeless these days? I have to admit, I have to travel to Newcastle to see any people who are 'publicly' homeless (as opposed to those who you never see), sitting on corners or selling a homeless charity magazine "Big Issue" for which they get a percentage. But how, I mean HOW are these people usually dressed in Nike trainers, Levis jeans, decent jacket etc? Bloody hell, I can't afford Levi's!!! And they don't even have the decency to wear dirty clothes these days! They stand there with an expensive jacket strewn on the ground looking like they're on a lunch break from work! And clean shaven too! Now c'mon - I could stand next to them with my hat on the ground and get more "sympathy money". They'd probably think he was helping me out coz he felt guilty. btw Shee, I've worked for a charity before, and honestly, I'd begrudge giving money to them for any cause if there's a way of getting aid directly to people. The amount they used to waste was unreal. You'd look in the office at the expensive carpet and 20 per roll wallpaper, see the brand names plastered on every item.... I was even present at a conversation where a local mechanic with a well-respected garage offered them a good deal with car repairs/maintenance.... he was turned down because a) they already used the services of a famous national company (who they got very little discount from and paid about 3 times what he would have charged) and b) the cars never got old enough for major repair anyways..... Now, that 1 item alone would have saved 000's of pounds which could have been passed further down the line. Makes me sick. (",)