| Random shots |
| Sep 9 |
| Ghzwan and I went walking again, but didn't meet with particularly interesting situations. |
We did meet Omer, however |
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A few days earlier I photographed this woman, walking with her son |
And the image immediately resonated with me, for its similarity to ... |
| ...this woman and
her son, whom I photographed in La Serena, Chile, early in 2008
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| It seemed to me that each pair could comfortably slip unnoticed into the other pair's environment |
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| What do you think? |
| I've been in
Jordan and Syria all this month of September, which is Ramadan for the
Muslims. They begin fasting at 4am, and break the fast at
7pm.
At 7:01pm you can see numerous scenes like this--associates gathering (as here, a group of men who work in a clothing store, sitting on the floor sharing the food) to get their first sustenance of the daylight hours. |
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| But in the hour or two leading up to that feast, the local mosque may
look like this scene at King Hussein mosque in downtown Amman.
They're hungry and tired.
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| Besides being two of the brightest-eyed guys I'd met in Amman, |
I loved their message; John Lennon would've loved it |
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I'm fascinated with the way wares are displayed in different
settings. Sometimes, as in the pyramided spices above, there's a
deliberate attempt at aesthetic appeal, and even elegance
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Other times, only the most desultory attempt to entice the customer |
Adnan Rustrom, another interesting face. |
| Previous blog entry (Sep 3 walk) |
