Street Child

Posted by Richard Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 17 September 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

This little girl lived with her family in makeshift tents by the side of a railway line running into Karachi. The family had come into Karachi from Sind province, and found a living sorting trash (recycling). This was in 1988, so she would be about 21 now I would guess.

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Comments (30)

e. from Washington DC, United States

I really like this shot. She looks slightly mischievous. I think it'd be really cool if you could find her again and take a shot of her all grown up.

17 Sep 2007 6:08am

Sriram from Chennai, India

Another superb image to this series! Flawless work!

17 Sep 2007 9:07am

agathe from pau, France

so beautiful!
your portraits are really amazing!
I really like it!

17 Sep 2007 9:34am

Masume from Zahedan, Iran

great natural portrait , my best wishes to her !

17 Sep 2007 9:39am

ChaCha from United States

Lovely Potratit u have caught here

17 Sep 2007 9:52am

Lost Valley View from Canada

So precious!! What a wonderful portrait.

17 Sep 2007 10:48am

Shutterbug from Chennai, India

Richard, this is lovely!

17 Sep 2007 10:48am

Dimitrios from ATHENS, Greece

a fine shot, lets hope she has a better life today!

17 Sep 2007 11:27am

Evi from Athens, Greece

When i first saw it, i thought it was a little boy.

17 Sep 2007 12:09pm

Evi from Athens, Greece

And i forgot! Beautifully captured, lovely lighting.

17 Sep 2007 12:10pm

Bron from Canberra, Australia

Such a sweet child Richard and beautiful light - well caught!

17 Sep 2007 12:54pm

Brian from United States

Lovely composition--her personality shines throught.

17 Sep 2007 1:27pm

stijn from brugge, Belgium

beautiful portrait

17 Sep 2007 1:29pm

Amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

Richard, I am in awe of these images from Karachi.. truly OUTSTANDING!!

17 Sep 2007 2:04pm

MaryB from Staffordshire, United Kingdom

Bless her heart, she has a wonderful little face, and such a lovley expression.
Fabulous Richard!

17 Sep 2007 3:14pm

Celialee from Kyoto, Japan

I love her expression and I love how the sunlight made her glow.

17 Sep 2007 5:08pm

jen from Alpharetta, United States

Great portrait, a gorgeous little girl.

17 Sep 2007 6:23pm

Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom

WOW!!! Richard, I can’t stop staring at this today. I have a strong suspicion this will become one of my favourite pics of all time!! I don’t think words are enough to describe how we feel when we look at her sweet sweet face. What would we give for a world full of smiles like hers. She is an angel. My heart stops when I wonder how she is now. I can only hope and pray she is well. Thank you so much for sharing this.

17 Sep 2007 7:05pm

LuisRodrigues from Lisbon, Portugal

Wonderful photo!!

17 Sep 2007 7:13pm

Walt from Scarborough, Canada

Wow - this could be on the cover of National Geographic - among the best portraits I've seen here!

17 Sep 2007 7:22pm

Rags from Plano, United States

amazing! She seems to have been so into what you were telling her. This is such great photography.

18 Sep 2007 12:40am

Teresa from Mountain View, United States

Beautiful child. Beautiful picture.

18 Sep 2007 2:53am

jeremy Holden from Phnom Penh, Cambodia

I remmember this little girl and her long-haired sister. Good to see you are still interested in photography. Searched your name over the years but this was the first hit.

18 Sep 2007 4:57am

@jeremy Holden: Hi Jeremy
Thanks for dropping by. I've seen a lot of your work online as youv'e trecked across this planet on assignments, but also in books, and I saw you on TV chasing the Sumatran Tiger with another cameraman. Wow, thats pretty amazing, and your images are always superb, as they always were.

Best wishes to you, I'll be in touch via email

Richard