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 by rathalian on Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:03 pm
When we went to Hong Kong we looked at the history of the 'Rickshaw' - the human taxi fleet that used to service the Island.
Now there are only 4 licenses left with only 2 (1 part time) on the road.
This shot was taken up @ the peak (Peak Tram peak). This old gentleman was making his living selling tourist shots in one of the last remaining Rickshaws...eg pay $10 HK dollars (about $1.80AU) and you get your picture taken in the Rickshaw....we we gave him $20 and asked if we could take a shot of him (he was thrilled  )
What I like in this picture is the contrast in colours between the man and the Rickshaw and the man and modern Hong Kong. The main picture has been cropped/shrunk re download speed but the full size shows a face that has seen a hard life yet is not a sad face.
I understand he has spent his life carting Rickshaws until now, when in his older years he relies on his Rickshaw as a tourist posing seat.
I was constantly amazed and humbled at the dignity I saw in the older people in Hong Kong.
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by PiroStitch on Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:11 pm
very meaningful photo. now for some pp to give it more meaning (ie. clone out the people in the background)
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by Glen on Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:12 pm
Nice shot, great facial expression
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by sirhc55 on Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:45 pm
So true - I am always amazed by people on this planet who have had a hard life and yet can give such a wonderful smile. Well done these photos will remind you in later years of a time long gone - like the Bondi Trams
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by Onyx on Sat Apr 23, 2005 4:33 am
Couldn't have been that hard of a life - give us a close up of his Rolex. 
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by kipper on Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:50 am
Should of asked him to wheel the Rickshaw down to a port and shoot him at dusk with the HK skyline in the background.
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by rathalian on Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:42 pm
kipper wrote:Should of asked him to wheel the Rickshaw down to a port and shoot him at dusk with the HK skyline in the background.
MMM..wheel from the peak to the harbour - kipper your a cruel photographer - time to get out the shots of getting up the peak
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by rathalian on Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:44 pm
Onyx wrote:Couldn't have been that hard of a life - give us a close up of his Rolex.
Have a chat to anyone that has been to Hong Kong - there is a Rolex for every man woman and child
Everywhere we went we were accosted with Indian sellers quoting 'copy rolex, copy rolex for you boss' - now I wish I had have obliged
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