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May 2007
Public Baths Photograph by Kostadin Luchansky, Luanda, Angola
Plopped in the middle of a busy downtown street in Angola's capital city of Luanda, three boys take advantage of a sinkhole formed when a water main ruptured beneath the pavement. "Traffic was passing right by them," says photographer Kostadin Luchansky, who shot the image from his nearby apartment window. Luanda's water supply is limited, he says, so this hole and another "upstream" drew crowds for days. "Kids were bathing, playing, and fetching water to wash cars. The holes got larger and larger every day, but they didn't seem to be bothered. A stream of happiness for some turned out to be a big urban problem for others."
Photo Critique By Susan Welchman, Photo Editor
These children are having a good time in what is essentially a very small bathtub. The image is balanced by the rock on the left. It's like a scale. If you've got something all the way to the right that's drawing your interest, you've got to have something on the left. It appears that there are waves coming out of the hole or going into it, and these kids are making the most of it.
