McDonald's - I'm Hatin' It

Posted by Kheoh Yee Wei (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) on 13 January 2007 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

This guy trying hard to survive on shoe repairing beside a McDonald's restaurant with a huge mind-locking advertisment.A multi-billion dollar corporation with a struggling poor people in this photo is the best depiction of the effect of corporate globalization I have ever had.

Comments (13)

spots from singapore, Singapore

this IS an interesting juxtaposition - food for thought. hmm

13 Jan 2007 6:10am

Lucca's café from Cologne, Germany

interesting capture again

13 Jan 2007 10:15am

Martin from Krems, Austria

Yes, this is globalisation. Very good shot.

13 Jan 2007 10:41am

jc from Tokyo, Ireland

his position and expression relative to the sign is really good and seems to echo your caption, very well composed shot!

13 Jan 2007 1:58pm

Shawna from Regina, Canada

I really have to get out and do more of this type of photography. Great work, I admire your eye for photojournilizm

13 Jan 2007 3:00pm

@Shawna: Thank you for your kind compliment and everyone else too.Well,Photojournalism is a very meaningful activity.You get to talk to people randomly,you get to observe every single detail,process them neatly to make up your mind on how to capture it for the best way to depict what you have just learned ! ;)

Still from Valence, France

Interesting ! Your composition is very strong and the game on strong contrast add to your message!

13 Jan 2007 3:04pm

Colour blind from Tokyo, Japan

Great capture of the hard opposites that plague society. Talk about slapping real life with a picture...fantastic job.

13 Jan 2007 3:56pm

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

The shoe repairman is even branded by Adidas... Hard to avoid these CORPORATIONS.

13 Jan 2007 7:49pm

Kenn Eng from new york, United States

You can read his expressions on his face. Nice capture.

13 Jan 2007 9:29pm

Chris Sullivan from Melbourne, Australia

Nice contrast between the 'weak' and powerful. A portrait of the times we live in.

14 Jan 2007 12:47am

Tim from Bratislava, Slovakia

Awesome contrast, thank you for this impressive shot !

14 Jan 2007 2:48am

Zadm from Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam

You got brilliant vision to use pictures to tell a story behind it.

14 Jan 2007 1:14pm

Evelyn from New Milford, United States

Looks like he's going to shoe someone who will then dash off to deliver some McDonald's...an interesting sense of cycle.

As a print journalist with an interest in photography, I admire your ability to be in the moment with a camera!

16 Jan 2007 2:33am

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