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20 March 2003 Blacksmiths Souk, Sfax Medina

The Young Blacksmith

The tradition of blacksmithing carries on like it always has at the Blacksmiths Souk, but it seems that the younger generation prefers more modern tools these days. An old blacksmith working with old tools remains barely visible in the dark foreground. I didn't want to darken him completely because I felt that it was appropriate for him to remain like a shadow of the past, barely visible but just lingering on.


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Phil Douglis06-Mar-2005 06:02
The frame and light pull us into the image. The details are many, and quite small. We get a sense of the man's work, but i would have liked to have met him. All it would take is size.