In one of the previous posts I gave you a glimpse of Yemen. In the coming couple posts I want to take you to this amazing country. First let's start with some faces. As most of the women were behind the veil and not want their photos to be taken, almost all my faces from Yemen are either men or children..bmp)
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When I decided to travel to Yemen. My family and friends were worried about my choice as it was quite an unknown destination. To tell you the truth first it was scary to see all the men carrying big daggers or some kind of rifle. But in the 10 days I spent there all I met were very peaceful people. I did not face any problem..JPG)
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Our Bedouin guide who helped us pass the desert. His navigation talents in a place where all you can see sand and dunes was very impressive...JPG)
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As it is the same everywhere in the world, children loves posing for the photos. You dont need any permission. However the gentleman on the picture above kindly let me take the photo of his entire family. It was a very nice gesture in a place where it is very difficult to photograph female figures..JPG)
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And finally a happy female figure from Yemen. Check out my beautiful necklace. There were very good Yemeni artisans who produced silver jewelry. The ones I bought there are still my favorites..
this was very powerfull to see.You hear about places,but when you see the people things fall into a place where they should be.Peace.
ReplyDeleteThese pictures are really excellent. You don't often get to see images from Yemen. Thank you so much for posting this.
ReplyDeleteSuch a stark contrast to what we see here in N.America. The faces and skin of the adults look almost as dry and parched as the landscape. The children look happy, while the adult males look tired and weary. Life must be hard.
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting post. Thank you.
What an interesting trip!!! your photos are sooo good, before I knew your 7 interesting things I really thought you work for a magazine taking pictures or something alike :)
ReplyDeleteI want to go too!!! I love to see the faces of the real people in the cities!
wonderful to have a glimpse into a very different world. I find it interesting how fast we adjust to different things, such as daggers and riffles. I love the tour guide on the sand top hill.
ReplyDeleteInteresting how you can take the notion of photographing people, as you please (in a public place) - completely for granted.
ReplyDeleteBut photos are symbols, and we humans tend to make a big deal about the symbolic.
amazing trip and i loved going through the pics of the windows below...
ReplyDeletei was wondering if you would post about the jewels :-)
thank you for your visits and kind words...xo
I am impressed with your travels and thank you for opening my eyes to a world of which I know so little. Fascinating.
ReplyDeleteHow fabulous, exciting, maybe scary and truly beautiful
ReplyDeleteYour photos once again delight me. Just beautiful and capture everything you wrote! I love the second one.. the colour and the mood.
xx Julie
Oh I love Yemen! Had some really good times there, despite of all they say about the country. I guess it's the same as everywhere: just be careful! Very nice pictures!
ReplyDeleteI love your photos, amazing. Thank you for sharing, I look forward to more.
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those are absolutely amazing photos!
ReplyDeleteexcellent photos and commentary. thanks for sharing a visit to a very interesting place.
ReplyDeleteJust amazing stuff, your series on Yemen!!
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