Fotografie, ktoré zobrazujú, ako ľudí zmení úsmev? #2

S originálnou sériou So I Asked Them to Smile, za ktorou stojí fotograf Jay Weinstein, sme ťa na EMEFKA už v jednom článku zoznámili. Jayov princíp je jednoduchý – náhodných ľudí z rôznych kútov sveta odfotí s vážnou tvárou a následne aj po tom, ako im povie, aby sa usmiali.

Jediným úsmevom sa tak razom zmení celá nálada fotografie, ale aj dotyčný človek. Čo predtým vyzeralo byť smutné, je odrazu plné nádeje. Jayove fotografie dokážu veľmi jednoduchým prostriedkom vyvolať najrôznejšie emócie, či už dojatie, alebo radosť.

Jay si vyberá ľudí z najrôznejších spoločenských vrstiev, rôznych národností a rôzneho veku. Podľa svojich slov by chcel vyfotiť jedného človeka z každého štátu na svete. Doteraz najviac jeho fotiek pochádza z Indie, Singapuru, Austrálie, Kene, Nepálu a Číny.

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He was sitting outside a shop one afternoon as I explored the the vibrant and colorful shops and homes on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya…so I asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Sep 6, 2020 at 6:15am PDT

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He was walking towards me as I returned to my friends apartment near the Yarra River in central Melbourne, Victoria, Australia…so I asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Sep 5, 2020 at 8:01am PDT

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He was sitting on a wooden bench warming himself in the winter morning sun as we drove through Govardhan Town, in Uttar Pradesh, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Sep 4, 2020 at 5:42am PDT

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She was passing by, as I wandered a park one afternoon with my sister in Shanghai, China…so i asked her to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Aug 29, 2020 at 7:30am PDT

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He was playing cricket with friends one morning, in the midst of countless other cricket games running simultaneously in the Oval Maidan park in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Aug 29, 2020 at 9:00am PDT

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He was walking down a residential street with some friends one overcast afternoon, on the streets of Krishna Nagar, West Bengal, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Aug 28, 2020 at 3:45am PDT

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He was taking a breather with some other badminton players, outside their practice facility near Joo Chiat Rd, in Singapore…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Aug 20, 2020 at 6:45am PDT

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He was in his dimly lit shop as the sky faded into night in the village of Tharangambadi, as we waited for a bus in Tamil Nadu, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Aug 19, 2020 at 4:30am PDT

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He was walking towards me one foggy morning, along a mud path through the fields on the banks of the Yamuna river in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Apr 29, 2020 at 2:15am PDT

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I was wandering the streets one afternoon as she walked purposefully towards me on her way to somewhere else in Singapore…so i asked her to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Jan 26, 2020 at 6:36am PST

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He was performing a ritual bath, with his wife, in the Gomti River one morning in Dwarka, in the western state of Gujarat, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Jan 25, 2020 at 6:45am PST

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She sat in this hanging swing, on the balcony of a home I had been invited into one morning wandering Dwarka, in Gujarat, India…so i asked her to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Dec 12, 2019 at 4:01am PST

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She was playing with friends one afternoon, outside her home in the back streets of the town of Embu, in a vibrant neighborhood of the Eastern Province of Kenya…so i asked her to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Dec 16, 2019 at 8:02am PST

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She was waiting for a tram one afternoon near Fitzroy in Melbourne, Australia…so i asked her to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Nov 9, 2019 at 11:00pm PST

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He was patiently waiting, a spectator to the river of people wandering the sidewalks of Swanston Street, in Melbourne, Australia…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Oct 28, 2019 at 9:00pm PDT

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He was standing on a street corner as I explored the streets of Fort Kochi one morning, near our Hotel for the Soul Journey South India tour I was leading in Kerala, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Oct 31, 2019 at 9:15pm PDT

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She was exploring the stunningly restored, 1300 year old, Kaiyuan temple complex one evening in Quanzhou, Fujian, China…so I asked her to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Oct 10, 2019 at 4:00am PDT

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He was sitting atop a large clay oven one afternoon, retrieving freshly baked round, flat, white flour bread, as I walked past in the old section of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India…so I asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Oct 12, 2019 at 4:00am PDT

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He was playing with friends and family one afternoon, in the web of narrow lanes that make up the old part of the ancient city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Nov 15, 2019 at 9:15am PST

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He was returning home from work one evening, in the leafy suburb of Mt. Lawley, Perth, Western Australia…so i asked him to smile.
A post shared by @ soiaskedthemtosmile on Dec 13, 2019 at 5:30am PST