Faces of Africa & Arabia Photo Gallery by Happypoppeye at pbase.com

Faces of Africa & Arabia

A gallery of chance meetings during a short drive from Istanbul to Dakar.

...broken up by country here.

Character	Nervous Curiosity	Better off Closed	Egyptian Smile	Nubian Queen	Elephantine's Smile
Ms. Vader	Medusa	Cool Cat	Blankness	Members Only	Interest
Bedouin	Regal	Waiting	Beauty	Under the Brow	Popcorn
Eyes	Color	Happy Pilgrim	Serious	Thomas	Laughter
Cloth	Almost Dubai	Sunset	Respect	Cracking a Smile	Character
Covered	Lunch and a Smile	From Above	Covering the Color	Castel	Malian Smile
Waiting for Service	Voodoo Child	Over the Shoulder	Stray	Scooby Doo	Curious Smile
Blue Man	Skewed	The Look	Smiley	Being Dogon	For the Lotion
Not Budging	Peul Girl	Thoughts of Life	Havin' Fun	Survival	Two for One
Look II	Compact	Sadness	Family	Beauty II	Defiance
New York Yankee	West Africa	Visitors	Anger	Everyone Smile	Hard Life
Squinty	Contentment	Layers	All Together	Too Close	Ahhh...Everyone Back !!!
What's Goin' On	In the Frame	Young Priest	Windblown	Pajamas	Little Red Whipping Hood
Partner in Crime	Ethiopian Love II	Garlic Man	90 Degree Cold	Million Dollar Smile	Aged
Necklace	Freckles	Peace	Distractions	Grandma	Mirrors
Marked	Good Look	Survival	Contrast	Mother	Collar Up
The Axeman	Confidence	Morning Festivities	Hood and a Cross	Confused...	One Kid, a Flip-Flop and a Hand
Content	Anger, Happiness, Sadness...Contempt	Cutie Pie	Big Eyes	Doubled Up	Happy
Shy Smile	Seeing Stars	Dates for Darfur	Good Smile	Watching	Yankee Look
Too Close !!!	Surrounded	Hot and Dry	28	Look of Tough	Marks of Fula
The General	Wrapped	Front Teeth	Friends	Wrapped in Color	Hey Buddy
Shy Guy	Hesitant	Hiding	Peek-a-Boo	Smokin'	The Great Cornholio
Decked Out	The Young One	The Face of a True Footballer	In the Market	23	Smiling
...not ...too ...sure	Attitude	Blue	Chappy Fella'	In a Crowd	Double Smile
Morning Meet	Almost Lost in a Crowd	Casually Stylin'	Adam	Schools Out	Expressions
Interest in the Camera	African Color	Hmmm	All Eyes	Cool Haircut and Playing in the Dirt	The Look
Hey ...what's up with that.	Grown Up Look	Friends	The Crowd	Friends	Keykeeper
Blinded	Hoodie	Recess Time	Clean Shot	Noggin	The Three Stooges
Closer	The Tiger Claw and Child	Basket For Sale	Golden Ear	Quaint little Fella'	All He Wants for Christmas...
Sunscreen	Visitor III	Stickered Up	Sassy	The High School Field Trippers	Under the Bucket
Laughter	Adam II	Wired Up	...while everyone else is fighting	Not Smiling	African Color II
All Wrapped Up	Schools Out	Screamin' Baby	Life in a Bag	Selling Hats	Gapped
Simien Kid	Lalibela Merchant	Happy Pilgrim II	Cracking a Smile II	Pilgrim	F.C.B.
Flip Flop	Hell ...O	Tough Guy	The Lookout's	Self-Portrait	Whew Hooo!!!
Friendly Guy	A Man and His Gun	Little Style	Damn	Tigray Child	Market Man
The Linen Woman	Baldy	Amber	The Inquisitive Look	Village Man	SnackTime
Voodoo	Young Farmer	Holding On	Seaweed	Christmas Pilgrim	Little Big Guy
Sprig II	Cappy	Plush Hat	Thumbs Up	Face in the Crowd	A Bit Tired
Abeokuto Fufu	Baby Teeth	The Man in the Green Carpet Hat	68	Blues	The Serious Pilgrim
Sharp Smile	Bit Shy	Hello Sir	Invited for Lunch	Got the Keys ...let's go	Mine Too
Breakfast Time	Country Boy	Don't Know What To Do	The "Good Luck" Cut	No Time	Hoodie
Messin' Around	The Serious Pilgrim	Passing Smile	Coke - It's Friggin Everywhere	West Africa - Black & White	Playin' Hard
Smiley II	Little Guy	Chelsea	Market Girl	Still Nervous	Golden Girl
Serious	Crossed-Up	Portrait	In the Green	Welcoming Committee	The Girls
Ouidah Smile	Woman	Danny Boy	Merchant Man II	Fula Girl	Lunch and a Grin
Mobbed	Blue Man II	Hair	The Girls	Bit O' Color	The Best Team
Hmmm...	Bedouin	Nance	Against the Wall	Green

Russell Tunny		05-Jul-2012 00:10
Truly excellent gallery of images. I am impressed !!!

Andy Rowlands		20-Jun-2012 20:04
Great collection! V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		18-Aug-2011 08:12
Nice set,congrats! Vote Paolo

clickA SF		06-Jul-2011 00:40
Have a camera, will travel... Superb gallery, fantastic work! BBV ted

Guest		17-Oct-2010 06:08
excellent excellent gallery bravo !

Guest		17-Oct-2010 06:08
excellent excellent gallery bravo !

Zeno Chen		09-Aug-2010 16:53
Beautiful collection. MV.

Guest		21-Feb-2010 21:55
wouaaaaaaa. Excellent ... Vote Phil

Fay Stout		03-Feb-2010 12:36
Incredible portraits! You must have a good rapport with people to obtain such quality shots! V.

Guest		20-Jan-2010 03:40
The simplicity of this album is what brings it together. Love it!

David Hung		15-Jan-2010 10:07
love your photos....

norbi		09-Jan-2010 12:31
A fantastic collection. Your open and warmhearted kind to contact these people is great in combination with Your talent for composition. Like the characters, every portrait is different. Rgds norbi

MP Carney		08-Jan-2010 05:03
Your rapport with each subject and finesse with the camera is amazing. Very well done. Thanks for sharing your work.

Guest		12-Oct-2009 22:02
Increadable collection! You have the gift to capture the human natural smile in a beautiful way! ~V~

Steve		30-Sep-2009 05:04
I lived in Ethiopia '67,'68. I have seen these faces before. Your excellent portraiture has brought back great memories from 40 years ago. Great work. Thanks

Stephanie		17-Sep-2009 18:01
Your portrait work is exceptional! I am speechless....... V.

Chun Lo		16-Sep-2009 07:39
A great collection of wonderful portraits! The expressions are so natural and well captured.

Eric Herbelin		15-Sep-2009 11:07
Superb! V

Guest		15-Sep-2009 10:48
What a great work, so many faces, peoples, lifes, colors. V

Paula Weiss		14-Jul-2009 19:01
WOW....each face tells a story.......great shots. I am in awe.....:) Thanks for sharing them with me!!!

Martha Albuquerque		16-Jun-2009 20:45
~Thank you for sharing such a beautiful work! Vote~

Matt Reichel		10-Jun-2009 02:38
great work! fantastic portraits!

Anthea's Photography		10-Jun-2009 02:37
Marvellous gallery, so many faces showing a multitude of emotions. I really enjoyed viewing your work John. V!

Jake Jacobson		07-Jun-2009 17:21
How do you get them to pose? "A GREAT GALLERY" thanx Jake

Guest		15-May-2009 23:27
great Pictures - thank you!

Dudy Tuchfeld		09-May-2009 06:24
Great photos

Guest		01-May-2009 03:21
Great gallery!!!

PauloCGama		22-Apr-2009 02:57
Awesome set of images! Love them all. Top quality. VvV

buruk		15-Apr-2009 00:05
omg all the pics are so great. there is no place like Africa, Africa is the best. PEACE LOve FOr Africa.

buruk		15-Apr-2009 00:05
omg all the pics are so great. there is no place like Africa, Africa is the best. PEACE LOve FOr Africa.

Dennis Steinauer		13-Apr-2009 02:59
A "short" drive from Istanbul to Dakar? This is a spectacular array of people, each showing a piece of humanity. Wonderful work.

Paolo Flores		12-Apr-2009 22:06
Looking into these eyes really makes one think. Thanks for sharing

Chris Kieffer		29-Mar-2009 17:40
excellent portrait gallery, ++++

Ruth McClain		21-Mar-2009 17:01
Precious faces!!

Guest		20-Mar-2009 20:17
hello from istanbul! very impessive gallery, good collection of portraits :) voted

John Armstrong		12-Mar-2009 10:22
Super gallery (V)

Bartosz Kotulski		12-Mar-2009 10:15
Wonderful gallery.Great work John.Like use of light-strong light.Thanks for sharing Big V Bartosz

Christina Kretchmer		02-Mar-2009 12:45
A big vote. The humanity that comes through despite such adversity is very moving. Please keep adding to these galleries. Wonderful. Very life affirming.

Tim van Woensel		01-Mar-2009 19:25
I really like this collection of portraits from actually a lot of African countries (I guess you like traveling just like me). The real characters (and original crops) in this gallery are my favorites.

Guest		11-Feb-2009 21:51
great portraits

uuuu		02-Feb-2009 20:04
wonderful portraits, great work, V.

GP Merfeld		26-Jan-2009 20:03
I can't believe how much this gallery has grown... What an incredible collection of cultural portraits, overflowing with character and humanity. I am thankful (and a little envious) that a man of your vision and compassion has travelled these roads, returning with such important work, such creative inspiration. Mahalo nui for that. Aloha, G.

dond		24-Jan-2009 02:12
Wonderful collection. Don

Guest		23-Jan-2009 22:59
Excellent portraiture with great mastery of light!

Ursula Armstrong		21-Jan-2009 15:55
wonderful pictures of wonderful people! Uschi (V)

Algis Kemezys		18-Jan-2009 05:15
Face it your fabulous facing off with these people.

guest		18-Dec-2008 16:19
You are a magician of the light. with D40x.?....it's amazing.

Israel Fichman R.I.P		05-Oct-2008 05:27
Very impressive gallery. So many wonderful Images, Great work.GMV.

GP Merfeld		04-Oct-2008 20:09
Checking back in to see this outstanding gallery of cultural portraits. Wonderful work, filled with humanity... Keep them coming...

Gervan		04-Oct-2008 19:45
Beautiful collection. V.

Guest		02-Oct-2008 20:06
so many beautiful portraits, enjoyed it very much browsing this work.

Giancarlo Guzzardi		04-Jul-2008 09:56
beautiful work

Milan Vogrin		03-Jul-2008 22:48
Great collection of portraits!

Kevin Chester		03-Jul-2008 22:25
So many portraits and nort a bad one amongst them. Voted

Guest		28-Jun-2008 21:55
Incredible images, John. Thank you so much for sharing them with us. V.

Guest		25-Jun-2008 20:49
Topnotch!!!

Ali Majdfar		24-Jun-2008 05:49
Superb work! ~V

Ahmed Al-Shukaili		22-Jun-2008 04:52
Astoneshing gallery.... Amazing Faces from Africa and Arabia.... Truely amazing captures with unique expressions.... V

JB		13-Jun-2008 23:32
Exceptional gallery. You have my vote.

Jim's Atavistic Visions		07-Jun-2008 02:05
Impressive portraits of different nationalities! V!... Josefina

Guest		24-May-2008 01:47
Great colection, great body of work, thanks for posting. V

Guest		16-May-2008 20:52
Wow, so many cultures and faces the world would not have seen otherwise. nice job.

Diane		13-May-2008 16:57
There so much depth in your work. What a gift. Keep sharing with us.

Guest		13-May-2008 10:35
Amazing collection! Congrats

Guest		13-May-2008 03:07
Big V!

GP Merfeld		10-May-2008 22:34
Another extraordinary gallery!!!

Michal Leszczynski		06-May-2008 13:20
Outstanding gallery and very impressive photos. V.

Guest		03-May-2008 01:44
go you!!! fab shots hon xxx Annie x

rbfresno		30-Apr-2008 18:45
Very well done. Great examples of the capabilities of the 18-200VR lens for portraits

Steve Viscot		27-Apr-2008 09:04
wonderful portrait work!!! -v

lalo peiro		26-Apr-2008 01:07
felicitaciones!! muy buenas fotos, atrapaste el sentido de cada persona.

PauloCGama		26-Apr-2008 01:07
fantastic gallery. V

Al Swanson		26-Apr-2008 00:06
I'm sure you already know what a great gallery this is. Terrific candids and nice posed shots. You certainly have a way of getting the subject comfortable!

brianf		26-Apr-2008 00:02
I enjoyed this gallery. V.

GeneWard		25-Apr-2008 23:32
this gallery is full of great shots. GMV!

Guest		23-Apr-2008 02:19
Some wonderful shots here.

Eli Bynum		19-Apr-2008 15:02
Very nice gallery!

LynnH		17-Apr-2008 14:47
Very wonderful. Each expression tells a story. Thank you for sharing. V.

David Lazar		16-Apr-2008 02:08
John - congratulations on this gallery - you have some amazing and beautiful portraits in it full of character and life. You've really worked at your skills in appoaching people and getting them to relax in front of the camera. It looks like you were really proactive in meeting people, interacting and taking their photo... not something everyone can do! Great to see these shots, thanks. Dave

Dudy Tuchfeld		12-Apr-2008 19:42
exceptional gallery V

bill friedlander		08-Apr-2008 02:47
Great portraits. Nice varietry of expressions.

mathilda williams		04-Apr-2008 23:50
very interesting gallery with wonderful portraits. well done. mathilda

Guest		04-Apr-2008 17:23
Fantastic gallery... the portraits are great and natural. Congratulations. V

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