Young Merchant

Posted by Alfredo J. Martiz J. (Panama City, Panama) on 29 March 2007 in People & Portrait.

I was walking around Ho Chi Minh City and suddenly I saw this boy seating in the corner of the street, selling Incense and Cookies. I have to be honest, I only shot the photo, I feel sorry I didn't buy anything from him or give him money, my apologies for that.
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Comments (13)

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

photo is GREAT

29 Mar 2007 6:58am

@Dimitrios: Thank you Dimitrios!

Still from Valence, France

A powerful image!

29 Mar 2007 7:24am

@Still: Thank you Still!

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

Great perspective. =D

29 Mar 2007 10:13am

@Wayne: Thank you Wayne!

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Excellent capture!!!

29 Mar 2007 1:10pm

@Craiger: Thank you Craiger!

Kaori from Japan

I don't see children like this photo in Japan. We can tell one of aspects in Ho Chi Minh. Great shot!

29 Mar 2007 3:11pm

@Kaori: Thank you very much Kaori, I agree that we don't see child like him here in Japan, it is an interesting contrast!

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

brilliant candid work Alfredo, as still said, a very powerful image.

29 Mar 2007 3:28pm

@Duncan Galbraith: Thank you very much Duncan!

Dornbrau from Colorado Springs, United States

I wonder if the fact that you hadn't bought anything from the boy impacted him at all? Probably not. However the impact of this photo of him is great. I'm glad you happened upon him when you did.

29 Mar 2007 3:50pm

@Dornbrau: Thank you very much Dornbrau!

Art Monkey from Salt Spring Island, Canada

another beautiful image - I love the sepia tones!

29 Mar 2007 4:25pm

@Art Monkey: Thank you very much Art Monkey!

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Great shot, Alfredo! Really captures the feeling of the place.

29 Mar 2007 4:45pm

@Damon Schreiber: Thank you very much Damon!

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Its a great shot, and captures the moment well

29 Mar 2007 6:27pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thank you very much Richard Irwin!

Brittney from Cairns, Australia

I think this is a great image. Journalistic. Capturing people in real moments is something I like to see! Nice!

29 Mar 2007 7:29pm

@Brittney: Thank you very much Brittney!

Michael Zhang from United States

Beautiful portrait and the sepia toning really adds nostalgia to the black and white.

29 Mar 2007 11:39pm

@Michael Zhang: Thank you very much Michael!

paperdoll from Panama

This is a really sad pic to see. Makes me wonder how many kids are in this same position in which they have to work at a very young age, whereas to support themselves or their families. This pic shows us another part of society that's there, but that we generally don't want to see and avoid. Reality check.

29 May 2007 2:16am

@paperdoll: Thank you very much Paperdoll, it is really sad when you see this kind of scenes, you come to think about why does this happens, is there a reason for this, what do we do about it!

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