Photographer's Note
Moulay Ismail is one of the big names of Moroccan history, he was famous because his cruelty and megalomaniac. He wanted to build a new capital to his empire and choose Meknes to do that, he wanted to make it his own Versailles.At 17th century Ismail got to build his town geting elements from the other palaces in other cities to take to Meknes. He hunted slaves in Europe and was famous to put the country united and even the Turks and European countries forget their plans to dominate Morocco.
Here we can see a curious detail of Meknes. This large corridor goes from the tumb of Ismail to another square and there is another like this ahead. Walking for hundreds of meters here is like an opressive feeling and I am sure he wanted to produce this sensation in the people.
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O Mulá Ismail é um dos nomes mais importantes da história do Marrocos, sendo famoso por sua crueldade. No século 17 ele queria erguer uma nova capital para seu império, uma Versalhes. Ismail conseguiu afanar elementos de outras cidades e palácios para levar para as suas obras. Ele mandava caçar escravos na Europa e foi ele o responsável por unificar o país, mantendo os países europeus longe de sua terra bem como os turcos que ambicionavam anexá-la.
Vemos aqui um curioso detalhe de Meknes, um gigantesco corredor que vai de sua tumba até uma praça e que continua em outro corredor. Depois de caminhar por centenas de metros neste lugar sentimos uma sensação de opressão, acho que era esse o objetivo dele.
lousat, Suppiluliuma, danos, Sonata11, kabel has marked this note useful
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chrisvek
(5437) 2012-04-07 18:51
Hello Jorge,
This is a very nice capture of this road.Splendid colors and very nice graduation of the colors.Awesome POV.Well done,
Have a nice day,
Chris
Suppiluliuma
(3841) 2012-04-07 21:49
I don't know about the sensation walking up this avenue for long, but I would say by looking at it, it rather creates a feeling of eternity, which what Ismail may have wanted to create...
TFS Dear Jorge.
Erdem
foozi
(7101) 2012-04-08 0:08
Hello Jorge,
exciting work and excellent perspective shown here. The dark and the bright sides of the road is so lively and the blue sky makes it so pleasant.
Regards,
Foozi
mohammad_H
(6576) 2012-04-08 0:12
Hello Jorge,
Very beautiful and very interesting perspective of a private road. Angle and technical look to end. Color, attractive and pleasant. Good resolution.
Wish a good day
lousat
(57594) 2012-04-08 1:13
Hi Jorge,the pic isn't perfeclty horizontal but is a great catch-eye! Magnificent neverenidng perspective,i like the open air tunnel and no people inside,excellent light management and saturation too.Happy Easter and thanks for share,Luciano
danos
(73946) 2012-04-08 2:38
Ola Jorge,
you were lucky founding this corridor of Ismail empty,leading the eye on the far end of it.I like the creative perspective with the contrast of the colours and the light management to makes the image superb.
Good Easter,Danos
siamesa
(27449) 2012-04-08 8:07
Olá Jorge
Excelente profundidade.O efeito das muralhas que parecem se encontrar no final é sempre surpreendente.
Aqui o sol queima. Parece que o tímido inverno se foi.
Abraços
maria
jemaflor
(68837) 2012-04-08 9:02
Hi Jorge,
Good idea with this impressive pov, great depth with these lines, good colors contrast, tfs.
Sonata11
(28273) 2012-04-08 22:25
Hello Jorge,
fantastic perspective. Excellent shot of this wonderful place with the andless road. A very in teresting place. Like it. Well done and well seen.
Best regards,
Barbara
pajaran
(36179) 2012-04-13 3:42
Dobar dan.
Dobar tekst ...
Vrlo interesantan trenutak puste ulice ...
Dobra ostrina snimka, kontrast, perspektiva i prikaz.
Lepa ulica sa trotoarom i lampama, dobra kompozicija.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend.
Srecno.
Paja.
Google.
Boa tarde.
Bom artigo ...
Um momento muito interessante desertas ruas ...
Boa imagem nitidez, contraste, perspectiva e visão.
Rua bonita com calçadas e lâmpadas, uma boa composição.
Tenha um bom dia, tudo de melhor para o fim de semana.
Boa sorte.
Paja.
kabel
(991) 2012-04-25 19:12
Hello, an excellent example of one point perspective. Your photo also hows a nice contrast betweeen dark and light. I enjoyed reading your notes as well. TFS,
Karen
Photo Information
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Copyright: Jorge Dias (jmdias)
(45776) - Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2011-10-16
- Categories: Architecture
- Exposure: f/8, 1/250 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Travelogue: CENTRAL MOROCCO
- Date Submitted: 2012-04-07 16:21









