Looking for a Barber..., a photo from Mondol Kiri, East

Photographer's Note

The small town of Sen Monorom is set amidst rolling hills, and has two beautiful lakes. It is a good place to set off for elephant treks and visiting minority villages.
I saw this cool sign outside a barber shop, and could not resist.

Scanned from negative
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Waylim heeft deze opmerking als nuttig gemarkeerd

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holmertz (102636) 2010-08-01 10:28

Hello Wanda,
I love such nice homemade signs, very frequent also in parts of Africa. The elephant in the background looks more professional but I like that too.
Regards,
Gert

sevy (58) 2010-08-01 23:33

Hello Wanda,

Nice shot which makes me smile. It is sure it was worth to take a photo.
The B&W translation allowed to evidence this pannel against a darker background and to underline the geometric shapes of the scene.

Yves.

InasiaJones (31566) 2010-08-04 21:57

Hi Wanda!

If I would have been with you, we would have to fight because I would have like to shoot this naive sign as well.

But in this case, I don't think that black and white do justice to this scene, and maybe the background isn't the best eye-catcher neither, mostly because of the metal stuff. I guess the only way to avoid it would have been to adopt a different angle, but then, maybe the street stuff wasn't much interesting neither.

Still, I think it's funny to see this hand-made sign, because as you know it yourself, I've never seen a Cambodian with a tie and a smart suit... Western influence here, but definitely in an Eastern set-up...

André
XXX

Waylim (25436) 2010-08-09 22:51

Hi Wanda,
Somthing charming from a small town. I like it. Somthing I would have done if I were to still live in small village like this. I like that is show the way of life in small village, trying to catch up with the big city with a homemade poster. Good black and white presentation, really not bad for a scan, actually I like the texture and of it.
Way