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  • A Story Behind a Photograph | Thomas Hawk Digital Connection

    Story Behind the PhotographAs told by the photographer, Thomas Hawk, after the interaction... "After this interaction though I began to imagine that the man was an angel. And that he'd been sent to me by God to confront me about the way that I interact with, or rather the way that I... more

    Reviewed by digits Sep 14 2008, 04:00pm ( 46 reviews ) • thomashawk.com

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  • Rated by AStumbleMeister on Aug 30, 9:20pm

    A good example of why it's a good thing to learn the story behind a photograph.

  • Rated by digits on Sep 14 2008, 4:00pm

    Story Behind the PhotographAs told by the photographer, Thomas Hawk, after the interaction... "After this interaction though I began to imagine that the man was an angel. And that he'd been sent to me by God to confront me about the way that I interact with, or rather the way that I typically avoid other human beings. That I needed to look at people more as human beings worth spending time with and less as annoyances that get in the way of my shooting. This interaction made me decide to try and make a greater effort in the future to connect with strangers on a human level.I hope someday that I might meet this man again to let him know that our interaction had great meaning for me. And also to give him a copy of the portrait that I'd taken of him. I imagine that I'll never know who this man is. And maybe he was not a man at all, but as I'd imagined, rather an angel who had shown himself to me only long enough to confront my own callousness and snap a photograph." [ Read the story ]Thank you LightChaser for sending it my way!

  • Reviewed by tudorachec on Aug 11 2008, 3:23am

    Awesome story

  • Rated by gavinski on Aug 03 2008, 1:46pm

    There's a fantastic story behind this photo. The photographer was approached by this man while walking across a bridge where many homeless people hang out. He didn't take off his ipod headphones when the man came up to him and asked him something, instead, assuming he was a beggar, he replied 'I have no money'. It turned out the guy had just been asking if he could have his photo taken, and the result was this incredible picture which has won the photographer great acclaim, and left him truly humbled. Thanks a lot Cynamun

  • Rated by CynAmun on Aug 02 2008, 7:58am

    A Story Behind a Photograph Please take a moment and read the story behind this photograph. It's a reminder to all of us that each person deserves our respect and should be treated with dignity. Found via Flarn. Thank you.

  • Rated by jesikah on Jul 15 2008, 10:24am

    makes me very sad for this man. I'm sure he is treated like that everyday.

  • Rated by sdphotoggirl on Jul 06 2008, 5:00am

    Great story behind a great photograph.

  • Rated by MarilynP on Jun 22 2008, 10:41am

    touching story...

  • Rated by crashoconnor on Jun 13 2008, 3:26am

    A great story about a great photo, thank you Thomas Hawk.