Black-And-White Photo Competition 1 2013 : Entry Number 2303

It is almost a miracle the photographer managed to capture all these people, expressions and stories in one single image. It is very impressive, and so is the light and the tonality. We like this a lot.

I was in PingYao, Shanxi Province, China in 2011..a UNESCO Heritage City and just about every turn of a corner offers up many photo-ops. The man with the rickshaw was merely posing for his camera with the customers. He had just chastised someone for snapping a photo since this is how he makes a living...but he didn't say a word to me. His camera was set low to the ground and only with an automatic timer. I took the photo with a Canon Rebel ESi set to auto/no flash. Thank you for accepting my photo to this extent. I am honoured. I live in Vancouver Canada and travel regularly.