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30-AUG-2004 Helen Betts

New Construction
by Helen Betts

Ankara, Turkey

This apartment building in my neighborhood was just completed and is awaiting tenants (although the kapici, or manager, kept hanging around and didn't particularly like me taking pictures thru the fence). As with most everything in Turkey (places of business, homes and cars -- ours included), it has a mavi boncuk hanging on it as protection against the evil eye.

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Katherine Stanback's Photos06-Sep-2004 13:24
Very nice composition - I love the color and grain of the wood!
Deb Kees04-Sep-2004 13:00
Helen, this is my favorite of your images. I really like the simplicity of it, not to mention the richnes of the wood.---Deb
Guest 01-Sep-2004 05:59
Helen, I love this simple image. The juxtaposition of the straight board lines with the curving/swirling wood grain is lovely. Beautiful wood tone. Thanks for explaining the mavi boncuk. -Michael
Sony Forums Challenges31-Aug-2004 12:18
Nice image Helen. It seems that the mavi boncuk was not effective to protect it from the 717 "evil eye". :-). Jesus
Guest 31-Aug-2004 03:11
Interesting image and interesting tradition.

Miguel