Cup of tea

Posted by Natalia (Kabul, Afghanistan) on 29 August 2008 in People & Portrait and Portfolio.

It's hard to find a job in Kabul. Many men every morning, gather together on some corner, waiting some one to hire them for a day for $ 6-7 a day work.
One morning, on Pul-e-Sergh, in Kabul, on my way to work, I saw this old Hazara, drinking tea while waiting to be hired. He looked so content just sitting , enjoying morning sun, drinking tea. My heart was touched by him, and I silently prayed that he would be hired that day, so he could go home content...

Konica Minolta DiMAGE G400
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F/4.9
ISO 50
102 mm (35mm equiv.)

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