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Work in progress.. 'Invisible People' Photobook

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Invisible People is my first photobook project i started working on about 9 months ago.

I moved over to Ireland from South Africa in March 2008 and got more time to travel and take my photography a bit more serious.

After i got a couple photos of a homeless guy in Galway (West Coast of Ireland), i realised how powerfull some of these were. So i spent every week going from Dublin to Galway trying to get more 'powerfull / full of emotion' type homeless photos.

After spending some time watching them / talking to them, i realised that people dont want to know they are there and they are basically 'Invisible People'.

I then thought it would be nice to get a little photobook up and sold to try and help the Homeless shelters. So the photos below are just a start to the photobook.

Comments welcome :-)

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Comments (29)

Yarcom 21 months ago
Hello there, welcome to kontain! I am so happy to see quality work posted on kontain! I must say these photos are very powerful. They have such an impact since they reflect painful truths. Were they staged? I bet not...
Anyway I hope you fiind kontain enjoyable and keep on posting your stuff!
Oh and best of luck on your initiative, its a nobel cause.
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Foodstamp 21 months ago
Hi Yarcom

Thanks for the comments. i appreciate it. None of the photos were staged. Most of them were taken with a 70-300mm lens. people tend to act different when they know your taking a photo and im after the truth.

The only exceptions are with the 'Dublin Mick and Jenna' photos. The two of them i normally spend some time talking too them and listen to their stories. Dublin Mick actually called me over the one day and said 'Go on, take a photo of me and make me famous!'
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Shatsho 21 months ago
Yarcom is right what powerful pictures...really great! I can feel the atmosphere...perfect photo shoot.
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Stevo 21 months ago
These are really great photos. You really managed to capture the details well and character of each person. I am from Dublin myself so I can reaate to seeing a lot of homeless people on the streets of Dublin and Galway.

Keep up the great Photo work. I recently got my hands on a similar lens to yours. Not sure I can capture as good yet :) but there are plenty of similar folks walking the streets of NYC!
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David 21 months ago
Excellent contrast, detail and moment capture.
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Foodstamp 21 months ago
Thanks for the comments guy's

Means a lot for me coming from the F-I team :-) Im a big fan!
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LarsLaser 21 months ago
Lovely pictures!
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Brian Martin 21 months ago
great pictures, i walk past that guy - "religion in a suitacse" everyday!
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kevin 21 months ago
Excellent zone mastery—the contrast on a lot of these is supberb! I really like the concept of selling the book to help out with the homeless. Best of luck with that!
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firdosht 21 months ago
very powerful and riveting photography !!
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jayjo 21 months ago
Great imagery! My apologies for geeking out, but what equipment were you using here and what do you normally carry with you when you go out to shoot? I know that taking phenomenal pictures is way more than just the hardware, but what can I say, I'm a big nerd and knowing these things interests me :-).
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Foodstamp 21 months ago
Thanks for the comments guys!

Jayjo - Thx for the comment - Im a big nerd when it comes to equipment myself :-)
Half the photos in this entry was taken with my old camera setup

Old camera bag:
Nikon D80
Nikon 50mm f1.8
Sigma 18-50mm f3.5-f5.6
Sigma 70-300mm f3.5-f5.6

New camera bag:
Nikon D300
Nikon 50mm f1.8
Sigma 28-70mm f2.8
Sigma 70-200mm f2.8
Sigma 18-50mm f3.5-f5.6
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ryanhefner 21 months ago
Hey Don, great photos! The contrast and detail in these photos is amazing. I can't wait to see the rest of them as you continue your project. I hope you share them with the rest of the Kontain community as your project progresses.
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dyroff 21 months ago
Pretty interesting work. I'm also going to geek out here and ask what you're processing them with? Is it LR2?
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Foodstamp 21 months ago
Thanks guys.

Processing - a bit of LR, then over to Dynamic photo HDR (Great program to bring out details - but doesent work with all photos) - then over to photoshop for a little bit of sharpening with a duplicated layer and a high pass filter then set to soft light.
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Lightform 21 months ago
Hello

Your post has been featured at Lightpulse design blog ( www.lightpulse.gr ) and at Design You Trust Design Portal. ( www.designyoutrust.com )

Amazing array of emotionally exloded images.

Kind Regards
Stratos A.
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ispel 21 months ago
Sad, but great! Like it. Urban style.
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Foodstamp 21 months ago
thx for the comments guys.

Lightform - thanks for the posts on your blogs :-)
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Lightform 21 months ago
Quoted from: Foodstamp - "thx for the comments guys. Lightform - thanks for the posts on your blogs :-)"
Anytime :)
When u have updates let me know. I'd be more than happy to make a post again.
P.S.
Design You Trust is not my blog. I am a content contributor ;-)
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emtKJS 21 months ago
Fantastic job and please keep up the great work. This truely is a great idea and maybe the world will wake up and get the priorities straight.
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vinylculture 21 months ago
los sin techo
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marktacazon 21 months ago
Foodstamp,

I think you have a really great eye! Your black/whites and desaturated photos are among my favorites in your collection. I'd love to know when your book comes out! tacazonia@mac.com

Mark
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Stevo 21 months ago
Foodstamp, any more amazing photos coming our way on Kontain? Would love to see some more of your work...
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Mike 20 months ago
Hi Foodstamp, any more photos like these? very inspirational.
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bigstatego... 19 months ago
Hey Foodstamp...good stuff...I used to hang out with the homeless in Galway a bit...is there a fella named Denny still knocking around? He was a character...he started shouting in protest during the President's opening of the shelter near the Eyre Square train station
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Paul 19 months ago
Did you ask the man if he's ok with you publishing these fotos?
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Foodstamp 19 months ago
Mike: Thanks for the comment. I have a couple more, But i havent had the time to upload them here yet. Will do ASAP
bigstategovernor: I dont think i have come across Denny yet. What does he look like?

Paul: I spoke to Patrick - the guy that kinda looks like Jesus.. I went back to Galway looking for him the one day and printed a nice A4 photo of him, for him and then i explained the book i was working on. At first he was not too happy about the idea, But then he said 'Ahh, go on, print it'

And the 'Dublin Mick' photos.. He called me over the one day and said 'Take a photo! Make me famous'
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uzayelbise... 19 months ago
some of the photos are very strong! good work!
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David 7 months ago
Foodstamp..where you at?
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