Middle Eastern Photography blog...

Well we discussed this topic at the begining of april. I thought it was really interesting to look at photography though the eyes of middle east. I liked the part of that book where they compared old photograps taken and then people retook those same pictures and compared. how they looked/seemed like someones vacation pictures of egypt. Its because they didnt know any other way to document them. As if they were taken from someone from that area it may have a different look to them. Even though whenever i go to places like the Falls i still take pictures like a tourist. haha.
Another interesting detial i felt was worth noting was the pictures of the modern day buildings and the peoples dressed in the traditional wear around those buildings. Its like a person from a tribe in africa dressing in their tribal dress and you see them using a cell phone something along that line. Cultures that have been around since the begining of time that have survived into the modern day age. Or the picture of the car in the back and the two people praying in the middle of the sidewalk. thats a really interesting juxtaposieing. we dont know what the circumstances are, did they pull over and do that, were they walking by and just stoped? who knows. Good stuff.