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Peanut Vendor
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Challenge: Street Portraiture (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2010 Challenges
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Tokina AF 100mm f/2.8 Macro AT-X M100 Pro D for Nikon
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Date: Jun 30, 2010
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400 sec
Galleries: Urban, Portraiture
Date Uploaded: Jul 4, 2010

 THis is Charles from Birmingham, Alabama. He is disabled (in a wheelchair) and has been selling peanuts downtown for 37 years. He buys his peanuts from the Peanut Depot, which was in the background of my entry in the Peanuts challenge.

He is a very nice man and I am glad that I met him as part of this challenge.

[Jul. 8th, 2010 12:23:54 AM]

Here is a shot for the crowd who feels that a blank expression better validates that this was actually a first meeting of a stranger, or that it better represents a "formal" portrait



I took this shot after I first approached him and asked for a photo. The shot that I entered was taken after we had talked for about 15 minutes and his real personality had emerged.

As for his peanut selling, he does not have a stand or anything. He just sits on the corner in his wheelchair with a small sack holding his bags of peanuts that he sells for $1 each. Most people just walk on by.

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Place: 21 out of 94
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AuthorThread
 07/12/2010 08:54:30 AM
bedazzle.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/11/2010 03:49:57 PM
what a look!
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 07/11/2010 12:29:30 AM
nice!
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 07/10/2010 12:29:52 AM
Poor Martin Lawrence. Can't get any recent movie work, and now he has to sell peanuts on the street! :(
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 07/09/2010 07:52:37 PM
The fold of his hat, the wandering eye, and tight framing from a somewhat odd angle make for a disorienting but interesting portrait.
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 07/06/2010 05:02:17 PM
Nice portrait. Excellent detail.
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 07/06/2010 09:57:09 AM
Love the details and quirky look on his face.
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 07/04/2010 08:19:58 PM
I'm curious to know a little more about this interesting character.
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