Purpose

Ongoing CHALLENGE !!!

If your picture has been blogged here, it means that it has appealed to over 300 art jurors (currently 50 active) for a whole week or more. That is an achievement!!!

... and what does that mean ??? well according to This ... it means your picture is "... extremely resistant to people wanting to get rid of it", :)

If you see one single picture in this group that you think is not art, please say so (by commenting on it) and tell us why. If you are convincing - we will remove it. This group is to show case the most resistive pictures from the
B&W Art Photography - Is Your Art universal

2009/05/06

Cairo

Cairo, originally uploaded by Emmanuel Smague.

http://www.smague.fr

"Child of the World" at "Galerie 52" in Paris from May 2 to May 16, 2009.

For more informations about Cairo's ragpickers, see my set

Part of Schools and Favorites

The children ragpickers often have no other choice but to help their parents in picking up the trash they process and resell to foreign companies. Most of them have received no formal education and are hence incapable of escaping that vicious circle. Some associations have understood that even though it may be impossible to prevent children from working it is nevertheless vital that they be given access to education.

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