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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty-Four: Photographing human response – gesture, body language, and expressions > Tea Time at the market, Attaouia, Morocco, 2006
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28-DEC-2006

Tea Time at the market, Attaouia, Morocco, 2006

One of the largest markets in Morocco is held weekly in Attaouia, about an hour from Marrakesh. Everything from clothing to camels is sold and swapped here. I made this image of two fellows talking business in a tent over a cup of tea in the heart of the market. The man at right seems to be drinking a glass of tea and emphasizing a point at the same time. The extended index finger is a universal gesture of exclamation, direction, and authority. A tent has become his office and dining room at the same time. The other man listens but does not acknowledge what he is hearing. Is a customer? A colleague? We can only guess.

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Phil Douglis24-Oct-2007 06:03
Thanks too for calling me "mad cool," -- a first. I know you are a student at Pratt, so your time must be limited. I do appreciate everything you post - and I want to help you as best I can.
Phil Douglis24-Oct-2007 06:02
Wow -- two comments in a row from Marcia. Thanks for coming to this image -- you are the first to talk about it with me. It is always an honor to get a comment on a picture from someone who has "lived" such a moment themselves. I must tell my daughter to check out that flea market in New York. She lives at 25th St. and Lex. I will tell her to shout "Marcia" at every young lady she sees under those tents.
Marcia Manzello24-Oct-2007 02:10
I wish that could vote more than once in each of your captures...this pic is great, I've done allot of "wheelin and dealin" under a tent in NYC Flea Market, @ 26 st and 5 ave.
Like other antique dealers, I use to set up a tent on Friday night and stay there till Sunday night...it is allot fun.
So, that specific pic is very familiar to me and also I love Morocco their food, ART and people.
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Marcia Manzello24-Oct-2007 02:01
Phil you are mad COOL! I am so glad that I met you...I am doing a load of homework and at the same time trying to read and digest all the great info you sent me...THANK YOU SO MUCH!
We will definitely will be in touch...U will be a great help to me.
You are so out there, and have so much to give and share that is overwhelming! THANKS for sharing your world and teach us what you know best.
It is a blessing to be so gifted like you...VOTED
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