By Bulb Light #1, Shanghai 2005 by Kal Khogali

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15-DEC-2005

By Bulb Light #1, Shanghai 2005

10:00 pm at Dongjiadu. Under the light of a single bulb, a man grips tightly a bag of telephone cards he has been trying to sell all day. He is tired, his eyes closed as a final act of physical submission. He grips the bag tightly as if it is his livelihood, his life.

An Exercise in Light....

Canon EOS 20D
1/320s f/3.2 at 59.0mm iso3200 full exif

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Guest		13-Mar-2006 10:16
a powerful and captivating image...Thanks for the superb writeup that adds to the feeling and story of the image!

Ana Carloto O'Shea		13-Feb-2006 11:30
By bulb light you are going to show us the world?? Count me in Kal, my kind of lighting and another fine capture. What really makes this one work for me is the way we see the man holding so tight to that bag...

Guest		18-Jan-2006 22:12
your technique is superbe!!!!gratulation

Guest		19-Dec-2005 07:44
I've read the caption now, and you were there at the right moment. A split second later and you would have missed it.

Guest		17-Dec-2005 16:34
I like this image a lot. The light bulb, the big paper, the (tired?) man, the darkness. It gives a very strong feeling.

Kal Khogali		17-Dec-2005 15:38
OK, so he isn't sleeping, but the eyes are closed and this is a last sigh at the end of a long day! I will do some investigating and leave a caption. Rgds, Kal

Guest		17-Dec-2005 13:18
Hard to tell what this is. To me, it looks mucho scientific. I agree with Phil. It may need some explanation, or at least a lead.

Phil Douglis		17-Dec-2005 04:48
You could help us appreciate the substance of this fine image, Kal, if you would write a caption offering us context for what he is doing. Seeing this image out of context is to see a man at some kind of work in virtual darkness, alone and seemingly ignored. He seems to be dozing. Yet his product looks complex. This image asks far more questions than it answers. I long to understand him. But I can't.

scott clarke		17-Dec-2005 03:16
Very difficult challenge for yourself Kal. Very hrad to do. I still love the one you posted recently in color,of the man having diner in the lovely yellow light.

...duncan		17-Dec-2005 02:35
A simple light bulb can show so much, much more than a studio light. Well done

Craig Persel		17-Dec-2005 02:19
Well done.

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