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Village mosque


Village mosque
Photo Information
Copyright: Gert Holmertz (holmertz) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 594 W: 54 N: 588] (3448)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 1982-02
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture, Decisive Moment
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-26 1:17
Viewed: 616
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is from a village somewhere in central Mali, on a journey from the capital city Bamako to Mopti. I had hitched a ride with a couple of European development workers and we stopped here and there to look at the villages. Here, a little boy interrupted his game to stare in disbelief at the three white strangers suddenly coming towards him.
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.
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Hello Gert! Wonderful place, amazing architecture. Fantastic picture. Well done!

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  • jasmis Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2849 W: 611 N: 3031] (36627)
  • [2008-01-26 3:25]

Interesting example of local architecture. Fine "daily life" photo full of exotics.
Regards.

Hej Gert,
A very different and exotic architecture. How high is this building? What´s on the flat roof?
Hälsningar
Gunnar

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  • molla Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 564 W: 78 N: 616] (4395)
  • [2008-01-26 9:06]
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Hej Gert.
Yes! they really are fairy tale houses, A small quest, do you know what in the top of the "tower" it looks like some of those things you have at the mast of a sailboat or actually reminds about "stadshuset" in stockholm.
good photo.
Anders

Gert, The shot is good technically though this long after the fact I suppose those kinds of comments are moot. I find it interesting that even in the abject poverty you have shown in the Mali shots that the people take the time and effort to build a house of worship diverting time and materials they could have used elsewhere.

Greg

Hello Gert
i've never seen before like this mosque
excellent colours and texture
i like looks of the little child too
thanks for sharing
best regards
Ozhan

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  • fanni Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 13 W: 0 N: 25] (153)
  • [2008-07-10 2:35]

Hello Gert,
a nice photo of a very interesting mosque which (due to some architectural peculiarities) reminds me of a mysterious object created by extra-terrestrials! :) the top of it really looks like the top of Stadshuset in Stockholm, but nevertheless the overall impression is "enigmatic" :)
I'm glad there was a boy playing near the mosque: thus we can see its real size..
regards,
Elena

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