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

People of Africa & Arabia

A gallery of some people I met during a short drive from Istanbul to Dakar.

...broken up by country here.

The Four Musketeers	Hangin' Out	Wooo-Hooo	Cutie	Children of Light	River Life
Morning Coffee	Little Hercules	Girls	Not Welcome	Understandable	Carpet
Goin' Home	Sheesha	Diamonds in the Rough	Daily Life	Boredom and a Bucket	If Looks could Kill
Siblings	Making Color	Morning Chores	Dogon Smile	Merry Christmas !!!	River Scene ...sepia
Reality	Preoccupied	Water	Watching	Welcome Party	Pirates of the Niger
One Girl, One Boy, a Flip-flop, Three Bottles and a Tire	BabyBacking Younger Brother	Smiling Peul Girls	Shine	Preparing...	Jump
Unicef	Jewelry	Visitor	Bye !!!	Happy & Friend	Siblings II
Laundry Day	Chillin'	Ethiopian Love	Pops	Emerging	The 16 Tub Challenge
Into the Light	Curiosity	Safety Pin	Seller	Scales of Injustice	Farming the Nile
All for Coca	All Smiles	Sunglass Man	Hey...Look !!!	In the Shade	Just Normal Children...
Tough	Floating	Onion Man	One at a Time	Lunchtime	Hangin'
Back for Another Round	The Crowd	...Had Enough	Dancing for a Greater Cause	Struttin' Along	Faces in a Crowd
Undeterred	In the Groove	Relaxed	...by the well	On the Corner	Cruisin'
Lonely	Poised and Posing	Family	Busted	Shoeless	Against the Wind
Market Man	A Helping Hand	Welcoming Party	Storefront	Selling Soap	Dolce & Gabana
Procession	Soap Seller	Street Eats	Guarding the Citadel	Shy	Wearing a Trash Bag
Rest Time	Prayer	The Young Butcher	Camelman	Here They Come	Partners in Crime
Playing Marbles	Smokin' Sheesha	Just Wandering	Pottery	Entertainment	The Gang
Life on the River	I see something ...give me your camera	Being on the Other End	On the Front Stoop	Morning Tea	Village Life
Pirelli	Sidelight	Visitor II	At the Local Pool...	Mr. Storeowner Man	In Town
Hot and Dry ...wide	Proud	Resoling	Sidelook	Hanging Back	58
Smiles and Tongues	Edge of Islam	Hi	Built	Camelman	The Family
A Smile and a Cover Up	Biting the Whip	Caretaker	At the Sheesha Bar	Little Guy	Intensity
Breaktime	How Does That Saying Go?	Indiana Jones Jr.	Mickey	Playing with Trash	Laying Back
Got a Hole in Your Tire	Carving Camel	Cameraman	Scream	Just There	Family Shot
All for the Playing Cards ...and Jesus	Alot of Mouths to Feed	The Gang	Hoodie Off	Hide and Seek	Nowhere Else to Go
Karate Kids	On the Front Stoop	Matching Bowl	Little Guy II - Widescreen Edition	Surrounded	Street Style
The Band	Waiting	Daniel and Friends	The Boys	Waiting for Water	POW
Hey ...Whats Up?	Wise Guys	The Gang	The Team	The Sandman	By the Authority of Jesus
Stiff as a Board	Family Style	The Family	Call to Prayer	Buddies	Hangin' Out
Sandman at Work	Guarding the Bags	The Family	The Almighty Necklace Seller	Glitz and Glitter	Plastic Bottle Scramble
Family Style II	Music Man	Worship II	Pinky	Love	The Crowd
1,2,3's and A,B,C's	Jewelry Man	Waiting for the Show	Coffee Ceremony	The Three and a Half Stooges	Laughter
Levels	Cardboard Couch	Nigerian Style	Watching the Flock	Orange Pop	Group Shot
Guarding Jerash	Amigo	River Life	Two's a Crowd	Gumboy	Sittin' in the Sun
Guarding the Pyramids	Scottish Bedouin	V-Day Color	The Game	Sidewalk Scene	River Scene
What up	Riding High	Selling Hats	All Together	Morning Traffic	Dick
Pops II	Going to Church	Baby Mama	Buds	By the Boat	Cleaning the Calabash
Sista's	Lean	Fisherman	Attacheman	Eto'o and Friend	Looking Back
Three's Fun	Hiding the Smoke	Pops III	Merchant Man	Young Sheperds	Mohammed...explaining something...
The Camel Boy	Accident Man	The Players	Takin' Care of Lil' Sis'	Mohammed ...our driver	Bro's
In the Bag	Waiting for Sunset	Workin'	Sittin' on the Boat	Small but Fast	Market Kids
In the Trenches	Little Big Girl	Junior Bishop	Leader of the Pack	Enjoying the Weather	Sidewalk Women
Family Pride	Behind the Bush	Fun Before School	Ball Game I	Out O' the Way	Playin' Games
The Players II	Small but Quick	Bouncing to the Beat	The Crew	Ball Game III	Market Scene: Maiduguri II
Ball Game II	Ball Game IV	Want an Orange?	Some Kind of Street Kid Thing	Chaos at the Pool	Smilin' at the Springs
Holding Everyone Back	Can't get a Babysitter?	Street Kids	The Posse	LunchTime	Xmas Sweater
Hard Rock: Chicago	Injera Basket Shop	Scout	Wraps	Breakdance Kid	Sprig
What Can You Do?	Gathering Crowd	Smile	Paths of Lalibela	Yemrehana Kristos	Little Miss Sunshine
Covered	Little Mariner	Milk, It Does a Body Good	Village Elder	Only Grandma	Where are We?
No Man's Land II	Hard Rock Axum	The Ghost of Yemrehana	Holy Water	Looking for the Flock	Quiet Man with a Big Stick
Christmas Portrait	The Ghost Explained	Well Scene: Lalibela	Running the Gauntlet	Bye ...(wave)	Bishop of Lalibela
The Triple Crown Line	Lalibela Camping	Bishop of Lalibela II	Street Scene: Ibadan	Wheeeeew!!!	Wedding "Ham"
Dancing in the Streets	Havin' Fun	Naturalere Street	Viva Nigeria!!!	Wedding Party	Couples
St. George	Christmas Portraits	Bridging the Gap	More Traffic	Family Life	2005 Sport
Smiling	Wearing Color	How Low Can They Go	Desolate	Storefront Shade	Three Amigos
Thoughts of Transportation	Desert Transport	Smoky Early Morning	Recycling	Bananas	What's Up?
Pops	Carry-On Luggage	Navigator	Smiley in the Sun	Welcome to Mali	Teamwork at the Well
Family Photo	Navigator II	Blue Man	Whats Up?	Hangin' Out	Rangers
Cold Morning	Cave View II: Lalibela	Day Care: Timbuktu	Little Drummer Boy	Water Bottles	Together
Lalibela Well Boys	68 and Friends	Christmas Sweater	Ibadan	Snug as a Bug in a Rug	Veranda View
Long Way Down	Timbuktu Toys	The Boys in Blue	Pant(s)less	The Beer Lady	Buds
Family	Bit o' Sunshine	Under the Bucket	Triple	Summer Attire	The Girls
Little Big Man	Thomas the Train	A Bit "Off"	Fishnet Boys	Not Interested	Village Woman
Bucket of Joy	Laughter	The Boys	Just Blending In	Agbo-Toffa	Beninians
Among the Nets	Valentine's Day Sweater	My Front Yard	Two in the Tub	Checking the Goods	Contrast
The Running Boy	Building Material	Here We Go	Me and My Chicken	Lean	So You Think You Can Dance
Voodoo Dancer I	H'mmm	Whoa Cowboy...	Voodoo Dancer II	My House	The Day's Chores
Postcard Girl	The Gang II	The Popo Kids	Thumbs Up!!!	Where the Elves Go	Everyone Smile
The Three Stooges	A Man and His Sword	The Family II	Dubai	Guy Loves Photos	I Got Wings
Too Hot	The Crowd	Little One	The Couple	Buds	Thinking
The Family	The Family	Rush Hour: Mut	Workin' Donkey	Making Dinner	Messin' Around
A Guy and A Dog	Workin' on the Corner	Little Big Eyes	Back of the Bike	Street Shot	Distractions
Fun on the Street	Hangin' Out	Smile	Little Guy	The Four Stooges	Street Life
Cool Dude	Happy, an Elf, and Friends	Sneak Attack	Here's Trouble	Doorway	My Shop
Hangin' Out II

Andy Rowlands		20-Jun-2012 20:03
Superb gallery! Amazing photography. BV

Guest		12-Dec-2010 10:24
Simply fabulous.... congratulations !

Dafna Sheer		25-Oct-2010 17:40
So good!

Jeroen Bosman		24-Oct-2010 21:18
Quite a tribute to humanity, big vote!

Nicki Thurgar		13-Jun-2010 19:05
These are superb - what colour and personality each shot has! V

Mary Lou Leibensperger		23-May-2010 01:28
Cousin Cathy, Cousin Mary Lou, and friend Linda viewed your pictures and thought they were wonderful!!! Amazing, beautiful and we are very proud of you!!!! Love, your extended family

Guest		11-Feb-2010 07:39
wow, realy a lot of great pics!

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		07-Feb-2010 14:33
Wonderful gallery with lots of beautiful and interesting images,bravo! V Paolo

Guest		03-Feb-2010 02:49
This is an awesome gallery...great work

GP Merfeld		03-Jan-2010 20:46
What an extraordinary experience, viewing this world through your eyes and heart. Speechless...

Joe Shun		17-Nov-2009 08:06
God bless those kids. I love their smiling face.

James Clarke		02-Sep-2009 23:42
Fantastic captures all around, it shows the determination of these people. They have so little materially, yet they seem so happy, I think it's a big lesson for us in the wealthy countries. Keep up the excellent work. BV

Mike Brownhill		01-Sep-2009 07:28
John - this gallery is top notch. I'll browse your other galleries later when I have time, but if they're up to this standard then Kudos!

Tim Reisdorf		09-Jul-2009 01:09
nice job in capturing the joy in the kids..even though they have very little...

alfredo camba jr.		09-Jul-2009 00:38
Fantastic gallery! Very beautiful and interesting images!! Big vote!!

Guest		07-Jun-2009 01:25
you should think about printing a book... your galleries are just fantastic. You have a great eye. Congratulations

Brayn Mamanua		01-Jun-2009 04:26
yes agree with them, what a beautiful gallery! Good work!

U S Cavedon		17-May-2009 21:29
Simply wonderful.

Guest		14-May-2009 02:46
I love the simplicity of these shots. Beautiful, amazing work.

Guest		01-May-2009 00:19
A most spectacular gallery. Very beautiful images and valuable description of the photos....thanks

texas guest		25-Apr-2009 19:14
what wonderful color this world has. the children are beautiful. thanks for sharing

Streetworks Photography		25-Apr-2009 08:41
This is really good work, I enjoyed each shot

Guest		25-Apr-2009 03:55
The human condition remains the photographer's quest and reward. This is where photography is really sublime.

Alex Cheung		22-Apr-2009 07:43
Very nice capture the Africa people's life.

Hodero		18-Apr-2009 20:11
Soo may people,soo many cultures,soo many faces... Never seen such a stunning collection all in one gallery! Great shots amigo! Big,Big Vote!!!

fiery_angel		16-Apr-2009 01:50
lovely captures!thanks so much for sharing them

Ali Majdfar		14-Apr-2009 11:10
Fabulous collection, stunning shots. ~V

LynnH		16-Mar-2009 15:24
Wonderful gallery here!!! Beautiful people!! Vote!!

barb		14-Mar-2009 21:31
A beautiful collection. Nice way to spend a lazy sunday morning in bed and surf the planet, you have truly captured Africas essence

Guest		05-Mar-2009 02:05
Wonderful, wonderful and wonderful gallery. One of the most gallery that has feature rich in Culture and very educational. V

Guest		18-Feb-2009 19:24
Still watching...Appreciate the comments/descriptions, really good job. Congrats ones again Cheers

Guest		18-Feb-2009 19:13
Still watching...Appreciate the comments/descriptions, really good job. Congrats ones again Cheers

Guest		10-Feb-2009 20:56
wonderful gallery

GP Merfeld		26-Jan-2009 20:09
I'll echo the chorus of kudos here and just say, man you have some great stuff... I could spend weeks browsing your galleries, getting inspired... Big aloha, G.

Jean-Gregoire Marin		22-Jan-2009 15:46
Thanks a lot for sharing these splendid and full of humanity images. A gallery which makes me travel in place I've never been, congratulations (V)

melissa shotz		20-Jan-2009 20:43
wow this is beautiful work you show the beauty there i your pix and i think that you should keep it up

melissa shotz		20-Jan-2009 20:43
wow this is beautiful work you show the beauty there i your pix and i think that you should keep it up

melissa shotz		20-Jan-2009 20:43
wow this is beautiful work you show the beauty there i your pix and i think that you should keep it up

earthsmiles		19-Jan-2009 14:25
What an amazing gallery! My life is richer for having seen your images. V

bobjb		10-Jan-2009 23:26
Wonderful collection of photos. Very powerful images. Voted. bobjb

Ursula Armstrong		29-Dec-2008 17:13
these are wonderful pictures. Many people you captured remind me of my trips to Africa and the admirable and amiable people I met there. Uschi V

william mahan		13-Oct-2008 21:13
I decided an additional comment after reading your desire to tell a story and policies on commenting on over people's work. First I think the reason I like your images because of the intimate contact with your subjects and the careful way you compose without losing the moment! My only request is that you take time to look at my work...Thanks for sharing!

william mahan		13-Oct-2008 21:01
The camera has great time communicating with your subjects.....Very professional and captivating !!!!!

yoram shpirer		12-Oct-2008 20:57
So many great shots here, it's hard to focus on what to comment on. It's a great gallery. big V

Guest		02-Oct-2008 22:19
FINE collection! D40x + 18-200VR = GreatCombo. Voted Regards

Guest		16-Sep-2008 18:22
great gallery

Guest		06-Jul-2008 20:20
Wonderful collection of the people and lives there!!

LynnH		06-Jul-2008 03:44
Really wonderful collection. Great variety! These are interesting and touching photos. Voting!

Guest		27-Jun-2008 06:14
Beautiful.. bravo John -v-

Guest		25-Jun-2008 20:48
Lots of REALLY nice ones in here. Good work!

Guest		19-Jun-2008 23:11
simply STUNNING work. voted

Guest		08-Jun-2008 17:25
Amazing gallery!

Jack Mamelet		25-May-2008 05:56
very nice Gallery, angles and colours are very interesting tyvm for sharing

Guest		24-May-2008 08:17
Amazing documentary works !

Guest		13-May-2008 03:06
Great Gallery John. Big V! Don't you just love the people over there? I can't wait to head back to that part of the world myself.

Aur�lie		09-May-2008 00:15
Gorgeous gallery ! V ;)

Lithuania		08-May-2008 19:41
"Wearing a Trash Bag"..... Eyes... waw!..

Guest		06-May-2008 16:02
What an amazing gallery. V!

Ted Chappell		03-May-2008 03:30
A truely fascinating album of colourful images, all very competently captured. Voted

Colin Clarke		02-May-2008 22:06
An excellent reportage. V

Elizabeth Le Manac'h		24-Apr-2008 04:52
Très belle galerie.

bill friedlander		21-Apr-2008 20:16
These are lovely people shots.

Dudy Tuchfeld		13-Apr-2008 05:04
Great gallery V

H. P. Henriksen Starman		04-Apr-2008 15:35
What a wonderful shot. v.

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