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10-DEC-2006

Weekly market, Essaouira, Morocco, 2006

Wearing their colorful jellabas, local farmers watch the buying and selling of goats, sheep, cattle, and even camels at this market. I shoot from behind to abstract the framers. They become a freestanding rainbow of different colored garments, with no faces or expressions visible. The yellow jellaba, being one of the primary colors, becomes the focal point of the image. Its wearer also stands slightly apart from the others, adding further emphasis.

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1/60s f/3.2 at 12.5mm iso100 full exif

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Phil Douglis11-Jan-2007 18:28
And that's the point, Mo. They see something we don't. We must use our imaginations, and wonder what is holding their interests so compellingly.
monique jansen11-Jan-2007 11:23
Excellent shot, they all strike the same pose, peering intently at something we, as the viewer, cannot see.
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