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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Sixty Seven: The art of salesmanship – more than a job > The day begins, Tozeur, Tunisia, 2008
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11-NOV-2008

The day begins, Tozeur, Tunisia, 2008

The main street of Tozeur, Avenue Habib Bourguiba, is devoted almost entirely to providing tourists with stuff they don’t need but can’t live without. I was the first tourist to arrive on this day, and photographed the sales people as they arrived and greeted each other. I juxtapose a man arriving by motorbike, and a trio of salesmen exchanging morning greetings. The first light splashes the street with gold, and highlights the thumbs of the greeters. Selling is a fraternity – and the members, while competitors, generally respect each other.

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Phil Douglis06-Nov-2009 18:27
That's the whole point of this image, Carl -- it is full of possibilities at the start of a new day. I loved the negative space crackling between the hands of the men in the background.
Carol E Sandgren06-Nov-2009 05:52
That light DOES look young, as in morning light. Everyone seems rather fresh with the new day eager to start out right. I like how every person has their own agenda that they are carrying out at the same time.
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