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Yangshuo is not only famouse for it's landscapes... There is also a so called Farmers Market (in the back of main street), where you can buy almost any animal.
It was a scary place! Maybe you remember when i mentioned it here: @blazko 1:37 PM Aug 29th and the picture just stayed in my mind... @blazko 5:26 PM Aug 29th btw... i cant decide to what category this photo belongs... Is it photojournalism or horror / macabre or just animals? Travel / China / Guangxi / Yangshuo series Series list: 2009 Trip across China Bigger images can be seen on my FLICKR Photostream If you appreciate this / these photos please fav them, tweet them or just share them in any way you like. This will help me a lot in promoting those. Thank you! Oh yeah... and don't forget to give a peak to my TWITTER All my photos are copyrighted by Blazej Mrozinski with some rights reserved under a Creative Commons License Please contact me before ordering prints. I'm sure we can make a deal Comments Hm, I don't think interesting covers this. I find it kind of scary O.o
-Kake scary didnt cover at all when i was in that place... i really don't like this picture heh
-- It's about photography after all  I would say it belongs to '
 hoto journalism' provided the scene is unaltered or staged in any way.It's a great shot,far apart from it's technical merits it's shocking nature vividly highlights the differences between different cultures and the varying attitudes towards animals. It could even be argued that as a meat eater I am now forced to adress why I believe it okay to eat one animal and not another,very interesting piece  -- Ooooooh ahhhh.Thats how it always starts,then later theres running......and screaming. - Dr Ian Malcolm Thank you... it would be hard to stage it
Actually it was even hard to shoot it. People at the Farmers Market are not used to european looking folks, and actually nobody looking at me in a friendly way (believe it or not it happened only there during my whole trip). After i grabbed my camera, almost all sellers begun hiding those animals - there will be another picture where it is clear.My karma goes so down every time i look at it, i will put some more landscapes for a while  -- It's about photography after all I've got mixed feelings, not sure if I like it, not sure if I dislike it xD
 I hate people who kill dogs I feel like killing those people the way they kill dogs but personally I want to skin them alive with a sushi knife slowly as possible. I am originally from the Philippines I know it also happens a lot in my country but I hate them and for me my perspective to those people who eats dogs are level to a piece of shit they are the poor useless people. Your picture is a bit disturbing but good quality and emotion it gives me the devilish anger to those people who slaughter dogs for a living.
-- CUTENESS  Wow. And dogs are supposed to be mans best friend? I didn't know becoming someones friend means I could possibly be consumed O.O
-- "The artist is never morbid. The Artist can express everything" ~Oscar Wilde "Meow meow cat chow. Cease your flatulent winds and hear my mind numbing explosion of wicked noise!" ~Happy Noodle Boy I guess it works in a different way i southern China...
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Please don't get me wrong - obiously I don't find it appealing at all, neither does =Blazko. Still, it required guts, skills and a sense of "being in the right place", probably the three most important features of a great photoreporter.
I will start with the technical aspect, since it's easier to comment on. It's a clear, crisp picture executed with much control. Composition is strong and simple and there is no doubt what the focal point is. There is also a very clear distinction between foreground and background, both in focus and colour. All in all, the scene is disturbingly picturesque, almost painting-like, it brings to mind some great still lifes by flemish artists, I would even say that by the tone and light it's almost Vermeer-ian.
And about the content.. Let me put it this way. Photography (as much as Art in general) is about conveying emotions. It's also about delivering a message. And last but not least, it's about leaving space for thought and reflection. From the point of view of a simple reviewer I can only say I find all this here and much more.
In other words, it made me THINK. It made me think of how we treat animals and each other, of life and death, of differences in cultures. It made me reflect on strange beauty which can be found anywhere in this world, even in a terrifying scene like this. It made me think of my own fragility. And of many, many other things worth reflecting on.
Thank you for this.
Ps. just to make things clear - yes, I do feel pity for the animal. I have a dog myself and I believe they are better than humans.
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