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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Andres Bonilla on April 11, 2011, 02:07:38 am

Title: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 11, 2011, 02:07:38 am
Last weekend I covered the delivery of 1500 diapers to Casa Gabriel in the rural area of Maniadero. The Rotary club members from Los Angeles and San Diego drove to Mexico to donate the needed items. Casa Gabriel takes care of 35 children with various mental problems, they operate with donations only. The diapers are needed to prevent skin diseases due to their inability to communicate and control their bodily functions. I managed to take a few photographs since my main job was mainly videography.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: popnfresh on April 11, 2011, 02:17:38 am
Very touching portraits of those kids. Also, I like your subdued color treatment in #3 and #4.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: wolfnowl on April 11, 2011, 12:06:15 pm
Indeed...

Mike.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: RSL on April 11, 2011, 01:35:17 pm
Andres, Gene Smith would applaud. Bravo.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Brian Carey on April 12, 2011, 05:07:18 pm
Insightful and touching. Also thank you for helping these children! :-)
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: graeme on April 13, 2011, 03:57:21 am
Lovely pictures.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 15, 2011, 10:44:59 pm
Very touching portraits of those kids. Also, I like your subdued color treatment in #3 and #4.

Thank you sir! I ma using the subdue color treatment on some of the transitions of the video story. The spirit of these kids is wonderful.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 15, 2011, 10:45:19 pm
Indeed...

Mike.

Thanks Mike.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 15, 2011, 10:46:07 pm
Andres, Gene Smith would applaud. Bravo.

Thank you very much, I will look Gene Smith now :)
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 15, 2011, 10:47:07 pm
Insightful and touching. Also thank you for helping these children! :-)
Thnaks, the labor of love from the volunteers, many from L.A is magnificent!
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 15, 2011, 10:47:47 pm
Lovely pictures.

Thank you sir, they will go in the station website!
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Arminw on April 16, 2011, 06:46:36 am
Touching and heartbreaking at the same time, thanks for sharing those incredible images.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: RSL on April 16, 2011, 09:30:15 am
Thank you very much, I will look Gene Smith now :)

W. Eugene Smith: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R139C2T&nm=W%2E%20Eugene%20Smith

Andres, among other things, Gene Smith did a series of photo stories for Life magazine. Some of his greatest were "Country Doctor" (my favorite), "A Man of Mercy" (Albert Schweitzer), "Nurse Midwife" (Maude Callen), and "Minimata," the story of a Japanese town poisoned by heavy concentrations of mercury released from a local chemical factory. Gene also was a war photographer during WW II. Considering the photographic genre you're involved in, I'm surprised you don't know Smith's work. He was a giant in your genre.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 16, 2011, 12:45:37 pm
W. Eugene Smith: http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.PhotographerDetail_VPage&l1=0&pid=2K7O3R139C2T&nm=W%2E%20Eugene%20Smith

Andres, among other things, Gene Smith did a series of photo stories for Life magazine. Some of his greatest were "Country Doctor" (my favorite), "A Man of Mercy" (Albert Schweitzer), "Nurse Midwife" (Maude Callen), and "Minimata," the story of a Japanese town poisoned by heavy concentrations of mercury released from a local chemical factory. Gene also was a war photographer during WW II. Considering the photographic genre you're involved in, I'm surprised you don't know Smith's work. He was a giant in your genre.

Thank you!!!! What an extraordinary link! The photo of the soldier with the cigarette is one of my dad 's favorite pictures. It was on a WW II enciclopedia I used to read 40 years ago in South America.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Andres Bonilla on April 16, 2011, 12:47:10 pm
Touching and heartbreaking at the same time, thanks for sharing those incredible images.

Thank you so much! I have more but I am so involved in the editing of the video series and their deadline that I have had very little time for the stills.
Title: Re: Casa Gabriel
Post by: Rob C on April 16, 2011, 04:01:51 pm
Damned nice, man, damned good.

Rob C