Street Beggars
Street Beggars
There are plenty of people who beg at traffic lights in Cape Town, at times there can be up to 4 or 5 people coming at you at one set of lights.
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Simon | August 22, 2008 8:54AM
Nice street shot Craig - great capture of this young man!
Ming | August 22, 2008 9:34AM
We called that "jail walking" here in Singapore. Great shot.
JSB | August 22, 2008 9:44AM
Hey - that is my mate. Cheeky and missing his front teeth but a good chap all the same.
He is always trying to get a cigar off me - lol.
John Maslowski | August 22, 2008 12:44PM
Interesting urban picture. Like the long perspective leading into this picture. Great composition.
Nick | August 22, 2008 1:24PM
Is he usually successful? Nice colors.
Craig Wilson | August 22, 2008 1:32PM
He's there all day everyday so I expect he makes a few bucks...
clarence | August 22, 2008 2:26PM
Wonderful city scene captured.
Will Williams | August 22, 2008 3:25PM
Looks like everyone is trying to drive around him!
sherri | August 22, 2008 3:43PM
We have the same thing. Some of ours are in wheel chairs or missing a leg. Many are dressed in military clothing. Of course some are faking, but too many others are victims of circumstance and for them my heart breaks.
Terry H. | August 22, 2008 4:13PM
Very interesting shot. The beggar, the people working in the background and then the people in their cars going on with their life's.
Marcie | August 22, 2008 5:03PM
Nice capture! Not an easy way to feed oneself!!!
Sumedh | August 22, 2008 6:49PM
Atleast that's a clean looking road! It's the same story here in New Delhi, India too. From small kids to old men; from little toddlers to pregnant women, one can easily find atleast a half a dozen beggars on Delhi's traffic lights and key intersections. Sometimes even a dozen!
2sweetnsaxy | August 22, 2008 7:14PM
Interesting shot. I was going to say it's like the people here who beg on the freeway off-ramps but there's never more than one at a time.
Hilda | August 24, 2008 4:07AM
The beggars in Manila are shoo-ed off major streets, and now their favorite haunts are around churches. Our street intersections are the territory of vendors — food and drinks, flowers, rag rugs, toys, cellphone battery chargers — you name it, they're probably selling it.
Oeilonirique | August 24, 2008 12:46PM
He doesn't seem to take a risk to cross the street, by the view of cars attending to pass.

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