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Man with Plastic Bag

First I was amazed by the light shafts going through the structure of this communist-era building. It looks like a cathedral, and than the poor man walked in the scene with his plastic Lidl bag. It contrasts in my eyes: poverty vs. something divine. Ugliness vs. beauty. And man's loneliness...these are the reasons I made this photo.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2016
Date Uploaded: 10.2016
Photo Location: Ostrava, Czechia
Camera: E-M10
Copyright: © Pavel Petros
Awards
Photo of the Day: 10.26.16
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