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POVERTY'S WEIGHT

Laia Dos Santos

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A unhappy, hopelessness, anxious photograph. But above all, disturbing and alarming, because nowadays, unfortunately in this situation there are millions of people, in extreme poverty. And this situation, although fortunately we don't live it, there are many people who live in this sitaution, with this state or condition, and we are sensitive that this happens, but likewise we don't do anything for change this situation.

 

In this photograph predominates the light and two clear elements, the homeless and his trolley with cartons and cardboard box. Although we don't know in which country or city the image was taken, we know that the picture was taken on the street as in the background, we can see a four separate blue walls and a huge road. At the front, in the centre we can see a man who is a homeless, in spite of we can't see his face, we can deduce that he is in his mid thirties. We can note that the homeless is willowy, lean and bony as thin as a rake. Besides, his hear is shoulder-lenght, dreadlocks, coarse, dark, and we can't see, but probably he has a stubbly beard. Moreover, the homeless a principal element in this picture, is wearing a loose, brown, denim trousers; a  baggy, black, plain, silk shirt; a huge, black, leather jacket; a green, velvet shoes. His clothes look worn out and old likely hetook them from the dumping site.

 

On the other hand, in the center, in front and on the right, there is the other element that predominates, the trolley. This is huge, and is full of cartons, plastic bags, cardboard boxes, ripped or torn clothes and fabrics... I suppose that these are things that he, the man has been taking these in the street or in  landfills. In addition, we can observe like the homeless drags his trolley with all of his  strength, through a fabric. For his body posture we can imagine that it's hard for him and that surely the trolley with cartons, plastic bags, ripped clothes, cardboard boxes… Is all that he has.

 

In conclusion, I think that the picture is a situation that perfectly we can see on the street and it’s likely that we have seen a situation like this, because sometimes we believe that the poverty is only present in the most vulnerable, disadvantaged or harmed countries or areas, but isn't matter the country, because although in some countries there is more poverty than in others, around the world there is, but the problem isn’t them, if not that we, who don’t want to see it, because unfortunately, the real prblem is that we prefer look other side, even knowing what is going on, because the extreme poverty is a reality, and we don't see it or we don't want to see.

Paula Mora Romero ,Laia Dos Santos Ara and Sara Garzón Urdániz

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