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In the process of photographing 1000 fellow citizens for my 2005 Faces of Reading project, I encountered many persons who led desperate, blighted lives - and many whose faces showed optimism and resiliance, of course. Some looked sad, like this fellow who spent his days on a bench near the building where I was shooting:



Others aquire poignancy from context: the young man who died a month after I took his picture in a murder/suicide; my photo of an elderly man, which was discovered by his long estranged daughter after he had died, her only link to a fascinating man she never really knew.



A selection of images is here:

http://jpfaces.zenfolio.com/p256902839
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John

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Reminds me of some of my own photos (I'm assuming this is the Holocaust Memorial in Boston?):





Six million numbers speak for themselves when they're presented like that.
 
I took this while taking chemotherapy myself in a clinic in South America. This poor soul is suffering the ravages of chemotherapy because of lung cancer.
Do yourself and your family a favor and quit smoking.



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' You don't have to have the best of everything to get the best out of what you do have'.
 
September 11th, 2006 @ Ground Zero WTC, NYC











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--Leung

 
The last 2 photos of laborers carrying heavy loads walking up kilometers really sadden me to a point that my family donates some money to the temple of which was being completed. The saddest part is the amount they are being paid for each trip.

The temple was situated on top of Er Mei Shan (3,077 above sea level), Sichuan Province in China where there is a 4-face golden Buddha statue.

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Here's one from Africa:

 
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