I've chosen to write about one of Sebasiao Salgado's photos of Miners.
In one of his many photos, there is a single man or boy who is standing - slightly shifted, with his leg turned and his hands on his hips as if he were a model. It's not as flamboyant as it may sound, but it seems as though he is mocking someone in this photo. He has a smile on his face, somewhat coy, his eyes are innocent and he's peeking upwards from behind his lashes. His pants and clothes are dirty - he's actually covered in dirt, mud and he looks soaked in some kind of liquid, but it doesn't really come as a surprise seeing as how he's a miner. His skin is streaked with it, especially around his eyes - where the streaks look like tears. It looks as if he is wearing some kind of burlap sack on his head. His shirt is rolled up to expose his midriff - provocatively in a way - showing off his bellybutton. It is tucked into a the part of his shirt that isn't torn and tucked through to resemble some sort of bra or a shorter shirt than he had originally been wearing. Something that catches my eye about this photo is one of his eyes. One of them is dark and the other very light - as if he is completely blind in one of them, or maybe it's the angle, but there doesn't seem to be a visible pupil - or iris. He seems to be optimistic, despite his seemingly tear streaked face.
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