Poor man on the stone steps to the cave temple of Dambulla
Dambulla, Sri Lanka
INGULFED
In ShanghaiFace of the Year — وجه العام
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AMAZING photo, Adam ! All my best–jan
August 29, 2011 at 08:29 · Filed under One Hour Photo and tagged: age, b&w, dambulla, face, man, picture, portrait, SPS, sri lanka
Poor man on the stone steps to the cave temple of Dambulla
Dambulla, Sri Lanka
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I do not know what I am seeing except that it is beautiful and perhaps also sad. A weathered handsome face
and bended frame. And you say, poor. Is that a tumor in his cheek or just a shape? Is he looking up at you or is he blind? Is that a kindness in his face, a hint of smile, or just what I wish to see? And yet there seems a calmness in his face and something uplifting in his furrowing brow that smooths into a field of white — hair and orb of light — and bended tree.
Perhaps it is someone’s father’s face or a face that might remind someone of his father….