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March 27, 2010
morocco 2009 pix
by gl. at 8:01 pm
last year my long-time friend and poet-photographer leeann took me on a 3-week photography trip to morocco. it was a great experience, filled with ups and downs, like any epic trip. i am really grateful and amazed i got the opportunity to go. i love trips that are magic and awkward and illuminating and difficult, trips that fill you to the brim with things your eyes have never seen before and trips that make you glad to be home with plenty of hot water.
(p.s.: my recommendation, if you ever go to morocco yourself, is to skip Casablanca and go straight to Chefchouen or Fes. and make time to go to Essaouira, which is a strangely Portland-like city.)
after my mind and body returned to the pacific time zone i arranged for a photo review & presentation at 23 Sandy Gallery. there were photos & poetry as well as candy and ephemera from morocco for attendees to take home. that went really well -- but then the holidays came and i forgot to post anything about it to the blog!
so here are a handful of the >1300 pix i took. i rented a camera and learned a bit about balancing iso, aperture and shutter speed -- which is vastly more than i knew going in. of course there were lots of things i couldn't take pictures of (like my wedding dance in Midelt, or the cutest baby in Imlil) but i hope you enjoy them!
[one of our travel mates in my favorite city, Chefchouen]
[the beautiful blue walls of Chefchouen]
[the Sahara desert]
[the camel i camped with in the Sahara]
[nomads taking pictures of our caravan on their cell phones]
[our guide at Dar Chefchouen]
[a bridal mannequin in the Fes souk]
[dyes in the streets of Chefchouen]
[hand of fatima door knocker in the salty city of Essaouira]
[boats in Essaouira]
[leather dying pits in Fes]
[the Roman ruins of Volubilis]
[a patient donkey in Chefchouen]
[Barbary Apes in the Middle Atlas Mountains]
posted by gl. | March 27, 2010 8:01 PM | comments (7) | categories: exhibits & events, miscellany
Comments
Yay! Go you, getting the big post up! Some of your best pics, too. :-)
Posted by: sven at March 27, 2010 11:03 PM
My god! Those photos gl! Superb! Those ice blue walls are unlike anything I've ever seen! And now I know where all color in the world comes from!
Congratulations on the beautiful enriching trip! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Shelley Noble at March 28, 2010 5:51 PM
thanks, guys! yes, all the blue, at least, comes from morocco. a friend painted a room in his house a color he now calls "moroccan ice cave blue". :)
Posted by: gl. at March 28, 2010 6:18 PM
Gorgeous!!!
Posted by: ubatuber at March 29, 2010 10:52 AM
i should mention none of these pix have been photoshopped or altered, because i was too overwhelmed to do anything to them except arrange them and write a presentation. :)
Posted by: gl. at March 29, 2010 11:25 AM
Dang....thats really cool....
Love the Blue.
jriggityPosted by: justin at March 31, 2010 5:48 PM
Moroccan Ice Cave Blue! Moroccan Ice Cave Blue!!!
Posted by: michael5000 at April 2, 2010 7:24 PM