FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I was hungry.
It was lunch time.
As I was rushing down the stairs to go to the food kiosk
I saw these two boys in the corner of my eye
I walked pass them; my empty stomach was calling.
At the bottom of the stairs, I opened my camera bag, 
Removed the Leica monochrome
I slowly walked back to where the boys were
Smiled at them, nodded at their mother
And snapped this photo.

CARRYING HER OWN WEIGHT AND MORE

​Trucks, packed with vegetables and fruits
are unloaded by men and women who carry the produce to the different stands.
After some 20 years or more of being a carrier,
many of these men and women still hang around the market
that is like a second home for them.
You recognize them by the way they walk:
Half bent, almost at 90 degrees.

​COLOR FULL BANANAS
​Most of the images i take for the reportage on the market
are in Black & White taken with a
Leica M10 monochrome camera.
At times, I need to take a break from
the tones of grey.

​THE KRUPUK CARRIER

Krupuks are deep fried crackers. 
An Indonesian meal without krupuk is not a complete meal.
This woman is carrying bags filled with krupuk.
The total weight of this precious cargo.
is probably not more than 15 kilos.
Before clicking the shutter, I said to myself:
« The woman is almost statuesque» 

THE BANANA THIEF

​I titled this image:
THE BANANA THIEF
But I am too fast to judge
He is probably the quality control manager.
Every day this room is filled with bananas.
Every evening, it is empty.
Where do the bananas go?
What are they used for?
All these questions drive me bananas.

TIRED-LOOKING CARRIER

Oh how hard he works.
This man is one of the vegetable carriers in the market.
See his half smile, 
See his wearied eyes
See his fatigued features
I photographed him while he was taking a short break
Before the arrival of another heavy laden truck with vegetable.
And another….

SMILING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

After all these years
More than 25
Repairing shoes
Pushing a long needle by hand through the tough leather
Spreading on strong contact cement glue
Working in a space of less than 1 ½ meter by 1 meter
Sitting on the floor
More that 25 years as a shoemaker in the traditional market of Tawangmangu, Central Java, Indonesia.