In Lifestyle we love discovering amazing and amazing places in the world, but without a doubt, one does not truly know the planet and the cultures in it if it does not get soaked of his people .In this article we want to introduce you to a traveler and photographer who while travels the world , meets the people who inhabit it and make us participate in it, showing us that plural and fantastic humanity with which we identify , however far it is.
He travels the world since 2009, portraying people he crosses and calls his attention
He is Gabriel.In 2009 he decided to undertake a travel all over the planet that is still ongoing.A wonderful experience that we are lucky to share thanks to the portraits of people who do.But they are not just fot ographies , Gabriel also adds a fragment, a small story that describes each of his portrayed, making us travel to very remote realities that, nevertheless, They have a lot in common with us .This project is called "People I Meet" (translated: "People I Know").
Why take portraits and tell the history of so many people throughout the world with People I Meet ?
With People I Meet what the author is looking for is, citing:
«(...) promote the idea of a single human race, a world without borders, so that everyone can have the same opportunities, no matter where they come from.»
We cannot think of a better objective and a more interesting project that brings us closer to people so different and with so much in common at the same time.From our perspective, he manages to transmit his message more than ever.
Moch is now I hope to show you his "People I Meet" of this country very soon, but for now we present 20 portraits of "People I Meet".
20 people and their stories from all over the world
We start with the photo stories of People I Meet .Are you ready to meet people from all over the world? Here we go!
1. He met her in Shanghai, China
"I come from Chongqing.I prepare and sell" noodles "artisans here in the market.I wake up every morning at 3:00 AM and do this every day of the year.I hope to return home this Spring Festival...I want to be there End with my family.»
2.Find him selling hammocks in San Salvador, El Salvador
If you had only one wish you would like?
"I would like every weapon of any kind on this planet to disappear!"
… Are you sure?
«Yes, but t If I wanted a second wish I would like to fly into space.»
3.Meet in Valencia, Spain.
Last year I went to Africa with my friends to climb Kilimanjaro.On the way we met a man, in Kenya, working During the nights in a hostel we were staying in.He was a fun guy and we enjoyed our stay there in large part thanks to him.
Later Going back to Europe I added him to Facebook and step by step I discovered who he really is.There is an Overseer's Education Center in Nairobi and Dan, that is his name, he is one of the two founders.They also receive help from other local teachers and of volunteers from all over the world and teach two hundred children every day.These little ones come from poor families, from the slums of Nairobi.They do what They can to increase the chances of these children to receive an education.So I had an idea to help them and simply call them "HAPPY PHOTOGRAH".
What is "HAPPY PHOTOGRAPH? It is a bell in indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/happy-photograph) and here are the things you need for a year of education:
-200 erasers, 1,000 pencils, 1,000 pens, 20 chalk boxes, 200 rules, 600 exercise books in DINA4 format, 20 textbooks in English (from level 1 to 8), 20 math textbooks (from level 1 to 8), 20 science textbooks (from level 1 to 8), 20 social books (from level 1 to 8), 20 Kishwahili books (from level 1 to 8) and 50 desks.
Each donor will be rewarded with a photograph that shows the 200 children, teachers and volunteers from around the world at each moment in which they receive the things that have been achieved with this money, so they can see their happiness .This photograph will come to you digitally, so we won't have to spend on anything other than school supplies.» An interesting person for portraits of People I Meet.
4.I met him in Ushuaia, Argentina and I found him again in Bogota, Colombia.
" There was nothing in this place, there were only the debris from when they built the house and I started to break the ground to plant food for me and my family, it was almost an instinct, I was not very aware at the beginning of what I was doing but I kept going, it is sad to think about how many people suffer from hunger in the world but it is hopeful to know that the earth is around everyone, ready to give us its fruits with abundance.»
« I traveled for a long time by finger and I found that the human heart is the same everywhere and in all times, traveling has been the best University because it allowed me to connect with the earth, with myself and with the kindness of many people that I have met, it was realized r that the most important things in life are the simplest at the same time.While I take root in my country again I dedicate myself to share with others the knowledge that nature transmits to me, let's go forward with self-sustainability! That it is not about saving the world, but that each person takes over their world and to the extent that they do for themselves they are doing for others.»
5.He met her at Managua, Nicaragua
« My name is Reina Isabel, I was born here in La Chureca 31 years ago and I suffer from tuberculosis.»
6.He met them at Union Choco, Darien, Panama (Embera Tribe)
«In our community money is not used.»
«Well there are some young people who are going to work in the capital to be able to buy more things, but most women can not get out of here.Everything works in the way of sharing.The bananas or the yucas belong to everyone, we cultivate them together and from time to time the boys lower them in the boat to the road to sell and the little money they bring we distribute among all.»
"The construction also works.If someone needs a new house, everyone helps build it.So we did the basketball court and also the large presidential palapa where I left the saila to sleep."
7.I met him at Shanghaihai/strong> , China
«I am 73 years old and I have a lot of free time.I have decided to write invisible poems about the asphalt.»
« I created a special sponge brush that is filled with water, so I can write as much as I want and fill in the «ink» whenever I want in a nearby fountain.Look at the asphalt; … And here is the point where I started writing today after lunch.”-Point to the other side of the square, approximately 100 meters from where we are.
8.I met him at Shanghai Shanghai/strong> , China
«I was the second son of the family and to avoid problems they sent me to my aunt's house just after I was born.Since I was 5 years old I thought that my aunt was my mother.My aunt and my uncle were much older than my true parents and I must say that they treated me even better than their own grandchildren.I think I had a pretty happy life until I was picked up by my own parents.
My father was an alcoholic, he drank every day, she got drunk several days a week, and then she got angry.My mother was always stressed and I practically never saw her smile.Most of the time they fought and often discharged their anger on me and my brother, especially my father, when he hit us, in his opinion children never They should complain about nothing.
Now I am 29 years old and I have never fallen in love.Coming back and forth between these two families, I find it impossible to believe and trust anyone.I am also very Pessimistic about relationships and marriage, due to the family tragedy I had to face.I think, maybe, I will be alone for the rest of my life.At least in this way I will not become one of those people to whom In fact, it is not so bad because if you do not harm others, you will not be hurt either.»
9.I invite you to a delicious meal in Wushantou, near Jingning, Zhejiang, China (She '畲' Community)
If you community was the only one in the world or completely destroyed, how long could you survive, autonomously?
«To be honest, it would not change reality.We (3 families who we formed our community) we have lived in the forests for years.The only thing we need, surely, are our clothes, but the rest just grows here.If you know how to work your field with the help of your family, you don't need anything else to survive here.All the vegetables you see on this table are the product of the constant work of a year.To name a few, we can grow choys, rice, womboks, choy sums, kangkongs, choys, tung hos, shui quas , lotus roots, gai lans, potatoes, beans, fruits, we get fish from the river, we raise chickens and pigs.The only thing we can't make is modern devices and clothes.
So, did you buy your seeds in the city or are they the same ones your family has planted for decades?
« The majority are our seeds, but I must admit that we also have some modern and new fruits, potatoes and corn from the city.»
10.He met her at Copacabana, Bolivia
« In the last years everything has changed a lot...there is no more water coming to the farms as before The earth is already pure dust.It hardly gives any potatoes anymore."
" In order to follow one has to see what else there is to do.Then here we come to the frontier.You can sell things that are cheaper in Bolivia than in Peru.Six days a week every morning looking for a driver who brings you the merchandise.»
11.He met them in Shanghai , China
"My dream is to travel to Mecca one day with our whole family!"
"You should know that this process is Very complicated.Normally a trip is organized by a travel company with special guides and costs about $ 15,000.There are many Muslims in China and you have to book yourself a few years before.As a woman you are not allowed to make this trip alone, so that we have to go all together with my brothers and my parents, like a complete family.The complete tour lasts from 20 days to a whole month.We are only simple factory workers in Yiwu.»
12.I met him in Rožňava, Slovakia
« I have lived in my hometown for almost 36 years, but especially during the last 7 years, it has caught my attention and especially interested in the public space of our city.This time is probably not enough, really, but I try to count on this space with something more intense and at the same time with the greatest affection and humility.»
«I think that each city has its unique and specific public space.The city is, in fact, an organism, in which the individual parts unite, influencing in some way, affecting each other.pity for what the communist officers, fear and apathy of citizens have caused on this site during the second half of the 20th century.Basically, the only thing that has been nservado is the urban nucleus, which is also known as "the largest square square in the world" in Slovakia.All the peasant houses with their courtyards and gardens and the zigzagging streets with their dark and mysterious corners have disappeared."
«2 thirds of the square are now covered by a large car park, dividing the entire square and forcing people to squeeze into minimal areas for pedestrians.I would like to see the city square with pastry shops, cafes, restaurants, hotels, galleries, museums, bars, fast food restaurants, ice cream parlors-businesses that will benefit the quality of public space and produce values that increase the quality of life in general.»
13.He met her in Mexico City, Mexico (on the way to Iztaccihuatl)
«9 YEARS + BIKE + MEXICO CITY»
«This is the time that has elapsed since I started using the bike as a means of transportation in Mexico City, initially only within the University, after my home to the Faculty, after my home for a walk...over there...after...from my home to the city.The experience has been vast and enjoyable, not without falls or accidents, and when these have occurred the help of strangers has been invaluable and comfortable; so also the responsibility and help of a motorist with whom I had an accident hitting his truck on the tire behind the bike; it was amazing!!! Well, the urban stories of motorists involved in bike accidents that they had told me were very different, (Regards Ramiro Duque !!! I recognize your honest and pleasant responsibility at all times).»
«Nine years have passed...what has filled me with amazement and joy is how the city has received cyclists, and how cyclists have adapted to the city.A city famous for traffic, for the little information and opposed to practice the right way to drive, to walk and...also...to ride a bike.And yet here I am LIVE! After nine years !!! Seeing more and more cyclists, who go to work, to school, to urban walks, to the supermarket, to the market, to the commercial squares, to the park, to the cinema, everywhere !!!, regardless of traffic, rain , demonstrations, potholes, bumpers, open straps, undoubtedly making an extreme sport, extremely relaxing and fun...JA! »
14.I met him in Pucara, BOLIVIA.
Did you meet Che?
" Sure, all of my generation They knew the commander here.Do you know how many times we have already told his companions that up there in La Higuera everything is very dry and that in the dry seasons they will not have access to water?
"They never wanted to listen to us.In their last days, when the army already surrounded them in the ravine, they ran out of food and without water.One can survive without food for many days, but without water it cannot survive not two.»
15.I met him at Leticia, Colombia (Tikuna tribe)
Why do you have red eyes?
«I'm allergic to the sun»
...Like this?
«They say our tribes lived in the thick jungle and under the trees for thousands of years, so we developed a special kind of vision in the dark.»
« We recently cut the trees, and now what was our jungle has become a great city where a lot of light comes in «
16.He met them at Las Chinamas , crossing the border at El Salvador .
« My man left us when my second son was born.Four years ago.He sold the house and left.We were left with nothing.I no longer had any family in the city and we had to come to the border."
"Over here under the bridge there is a clean river and one can survive selling pupusas in the pass.My eldest son, who is not now, walks with mototaxi.The youngest is his but he does not have a house either.They stay here.My daughter helps me a lot and now also with her brother's son, but the beginning was more difficult.»
Do you know anything about your man?
"I don't know anything, but they say he went to Guatemala and already has another and two children."
-I told him mother no is present in this photo
17.I met him at La Uvita, Boyaca, Colombia
« Quiet, friends...Quickly they won't get anywhere.If the It would take me somewhere fast, maybe I would arrive soon, but she would be bad all week.»
18.I help you find a better place on a 31-hour train ride without a seat to Shanghaihai/strong> , China
One of the most incredible situations you have lived here?
«One day, not far from Nanchang, there was a pregnant woman who gave birth to her son in the car.from my eyes.The other passengers were asked to disperse through other train cars and we were really lucky to find a doctor on the train who helped us bring the baby into the world.We had to clean sheets and boil water.There was blood everywhere, but finally the baby was healthy.When the train finally stopped, the ambulance people took care of the situation, what was left of it.»
19.He met her near Pinatubo, Atea Community, Philippines
« I hate the days it touches comb.»
20.He met her at Shanghai , China .
« A few days ago a friend returned me on a scooter to House of a club where we had been and I realized that I had lost the iPhone somewhere along the way.We were a little dizzy so I did not realize that it had fallen out of my pocket until later my friend received a call from a man over there who had found him.In fact, he had seen how my phone dropped from my pocket, picked it up and looked for us all over the city.As he was riding a bike he could not reach our speed and soon lost us, but somehow I manage to call my friend, even when my cell phone is locked.»
« In any case, I will never forget the serene aspect of her face after giving me the phone how I went to pick him up.I wonder who this man really is and why I go through all this to return my phone.»
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