beauty in tragedy

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i took this picture in an event. i was given a challenge to capture a way different type of picture of someone or something that is explaining TRAGEDY THAT HAVE BEAUTY IN IT.

i was a bit shawk because its almost impossible to combine happiness and sadness in a single picture in just 1 hour with in a small place. i've been through the whole university to get a single shot i was almost disharted as i thought i'm gonna loose then i find this under construction  area at the back. i just saw some workers doing there work in that sunny day and all that is around is some wood sticks and a single tent and a mud pot full of water. i just start shooting them then one kid came to me and said do my photoshoot please? i was out of time but i still did it after then i just rest a bit then they had there lunch time i was hungry too but i dont have much time so one of them asked me to eat when i saw then food i said NO.. it was just an onion and a love.. how can someone eat that? i asked myself. then oldest one smiled and said wait i have something for you. i asked what? he gave me a piece of bread i asked him where you get that? he said no where. while he was giving me that bread an other one stared him agressivly. i was confused and ii said you can have it if you want im not that hungry so the smallest one took it rapidly and took a bite and gave it back to me. now it was sure that im not gonna eat it then the person who gave me that bread asked me why im here alone? i said wanna take there pictures in which i have to show the pain and the happiness together! he said why us? i was speechless the angry one said cuz we're poor and our cloths shows how poor and in pain we're in. i agreed with him! the other one said "every single person you see in here have problems in there life they have pain but still they're pretending to be happy. you can take picture of anyone even of yourself cuz i can see your pain in your eyes and smile on your face thou you're beautiful too. take your picture" i think for a wile and then ignored what he said and ask them to pose.he said he will lt them all pose if i eat this onion and love. i stared him for a while and then think i had no choice left so i said ok! he smashed the onion and peal it of and gave it to me. i dont know when he told my friend to capture me that moment. i took the first bite i cant even tell how amazing it was. i was weeping and eating. i looked at the picture and i was speechless and i asked them to pose  i took almost 50 pictures and i got this random one when they were teasing the angry one. i came back and submit this and went out of the room. smiled and then get back and asked them to change the submision. i gave my picture to them. i won the contest by the grace of God. im posting this one instead of that cuz this is one of the best memory i have.



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