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26 March 2003

Man Resting At the Chenini Mosque

Part of the Chenini village has been abandoned and are in partial ruins, except for the mosque. This white-washed mosque which rests on the crook of the mountainside is the most conspicuous building in the whole village and can be seen for a long way as you approach the village. Walking around this part of the village is very much like walking through a ghost town. Seeing another human being in these strange, quiet & desolate ruins is indeed a welcome sight that brings us back to 21st century earth!


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Guest 16-Mar-2005 09:44
I really like how you created layers and layers in this; each one of these layers brings a different meaning to it too.
Phil Douglis11-Jan-2005 03:42
A remarkable image, Celia and one of my very favorites. You layer this photograph with one surprise after another. The illuminated wall in the foreground anchors the picture in antiquity, supporting a brilliantly illuminated mosque. Suddenly we note a man at rest in the foreground, as if has been sitting there in the shadows forever, the one human in a scene that seems to stretch for miles. The eye moves deeply into the shadows of the background -- what appear to be city to ancient that time has forgotten it. I feel as if I am within a dream scape, not a landscape. I can see forever, but there is no place for me to go -- no road, no path, no street. Not even that man moves, because he too seems frozen in place and in time. Your composition and lighting are brilliant -- the image flows diagonally from the lower right corner into the frame, while the setting sun beckons at upper left. It moves through five different zones of light as well -- red stone, white mosque, reddish black mountain, blue sky, and white sky. There is so much to see and explore in this image that i am exhausted, yet I am still locked in space because we can never enter this place. An astonishing and substantive image that you could look at forever and never tire of it.