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Poverty

As I took the shot, he didn’t move .. he didn’t say anything .. he didn’t do anything .. he just looked .. and his eyes followed me .. and in those dull eyes I saw the look of hopelessness, the look of someone who really couldn’t comprehend why things were as they were but, perhaps, mutely accepted that this was the way it was.

Before the righteous indignation starts to flow, I’ll lay a couple of facts before you as .. shall we say .. peripheral information:

1. The President of that country was, at that time, having his THIRD palace (complete with SOLID GOLD bathroom fittings and the like) built at a cost of approximately £20 million .. which, in the late 70’s, was “big bucks” in anybody’s language;

2. The average daily working wage in the country was, at that time, less than the price of a loaf of bread;

Have things changed since then? Not one iota.

Will things change before my childrens' childrens' children are lifted kicking and screaming into this world? Possibly .. but it'll be touch and go ..

www.karlwilliamsphotography.co.uk

Taken on: January 1, 1978

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Africa

Poverty

Karl Williams

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Sets appears in: • Africa

Groups appears in: • Global Photojournalism; Protest, Culture, and News • F-Stop - Travel & Culture

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