Monday, May 07, 2007



We're back in Moscow: it was a very short trip, but it went really great.

This time, I spent very little time photographing the city, and when I did, I was just shooting randomly, while walking, so there are very few quality pictures. I guess I overdid it on my previous trips: wherever I looked now, I knew I'd be repeating myself if I paused to take a picture...

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The revelation of this trip (our tenth one, I guess) is how much Turkish people love children and how eagerly they show their affection. All those beautiful young men, pinching Marta's cheeks, saying, "Masaallah, cok guzel!" - this is something I'll definitely miss here...

3 comments:

  1. low quality pictures?
    I beg to differ - the one who posted is great! I love the guy looking straight into the lens and the juxtaposition of the Western woman with her low cut Western blouse and jeans in between two veiled women - priceless with the old man selling religious art - fabulous. You could never shoot a bad picture. Awesome - everything but the smell comes across in your photo! More please!

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  2. thanks! this is actually one of the "good" pics, the rest are not so informative.

    have you noticed the winnie-the-pooh plastic bag that one of the veiled women carries, the one who's closer to the old men selling the Kaaba Stone in Makkah posters? i love it.

    about the smell - it's funny that you mention it: as i wrote earlier, i was so sick throughout this trip, i didn't feel any smells at all...

    as for the sounds, this place was so loud that even though my right ear wasn't doing well, either, i was still pretty overwhelmed - they were selling kids' clothing there, really cheap, just outside the spice bazaar, and every vendor was trying to outshout the neighbor.

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  3. I agree with anonymous, I like that contrast between the dress of the three woman at right. Of course I want to read things into it, and I think of it as a bike race with the western dressed woman breaking out of the group and striding ahead, or something. But I know that is silly.

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