African portraits (2)
October 11, 2012
My second portrait from Africa this summer is a young man captured in Stone Town, the main city in Zanzibar.
Stone Town is a beautiful town with many historical buildings, and it was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2000. And like many other places on Africa’s east coast the town and Zanzibar strongly influenced by Arabic and Muslim culture.
More about Stone Town and Zanzibar in coming posts.
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A wonderfully crafted portrait with beautifully soft tones!
Thanks, Pavan!
Stone town should be a nice place to see .
It is a nice old town – but crowded with too many of (us) tourists!!!
Tøft!
Tak, Hans!
he be jamin
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i herd that on tv
Love the contrast between the traditional outer garb and the T-shirt and headphones.
The contrast between the traditional and the modern world was what fascinated me in this photo too.
Zanzibar ! Your went to Zanzibar, one of my dreams not yet come true. A great portrait between tradition and modernity.
I liked the contrast here too. I went to Zanzibar for a week after the safari in Tanzania.
I hope your dreams will come true, Isa
Hey … another stellar shot. Like the light and the comp.
Thanks, Mike!
Another wonderful portrait Truels. Love the eye contact.
Actually I did not talk to him, I was just shooting on the street when he passed by – and we looked at each other for a second..
Cool dude you have captured here, but he doesn’t look to satisfied with you photographing him
He just passed me on the street, and you are right: No one in Tanzania likes to be photographed. But I photographed some of the people I became friends with (one of them is the guy on the first portrait): They said it was OK.
And then at a coupple of occasions I just stood on the street shooting away down the street…..
I admit: I prefer the first way, they give the best portraits.
MP3-players are everywhere! An international photo from Zanzibar.
I liked the contrast in this shot….
Flott bilde. Herlig at folk likte å bli tatt bilde av!
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