Hazrat Ali mosque Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is the mosque of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-i-Sharif, taken on a sunny day in May, 1973 and scanned from a Kodachrome slide. Hazrat Ali is the major pilgrimage shrine in Afghanistan, according to local tradition the burial site of Ali, cousin and son in law of the Prophet Muhammed. The majority of muslims believe that he is buried in Najaf in Iraq. The mosque dates back to late 15th century but has undergone major restorations on several occasions.

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nirvana73 (8628) 2007-12-09 1:40

Hello Gert
great moment
beatiful nice and compo
this shot was taken in 1973
i wan born in 1973 too
excellent
i like the texture and colurs of mosque
TFS
regards
Ozhan

saxo042 (15544) 2007-12-09 4:36

Hej Gert,
An extremely beautiful building, does it still exist?
This is just like an illustration to One Thousand And One Nights.
Hälsningar
Gunnar

molla (6881) 2007-12-09 22:06

hej Gert
There's certainly something magic about central Asian tempels. It's allso very important to show that Afghanistan is something much more than the anarchy taliban manic state that's so oftend shown at etermedia. the light in this imagage is very fine, good blue sky and good details in shadow parts.
Anders på jobbet.

Cara (2029) 2007-12-10 13:27

Hello Gert,
Nice photo, i like the compo and the scene with the people passing bye.I just think the colors are could be a little warmer...
Regards, Daniel

mikolaj_kawa (29933) 2007-12-12 0:07

Hello Gert! Amazing colors. Original POV. Wonderful sharpness. Good shot. Best regard!

Mistral (13694) 2007-12-26 6:36

Thanks a lot Gert,
to show us some images of this beautiful but unlicky country always in the middle of a war.
Nice composition with colours and the texture of the mosque.
A smile
Luca

vincz (19039) 2007-12-26 10:52

Beautiful one. So fantastic architecture. Great to hace a few locals around. A stunning image.

danferris (14) 2008-02-05 17:11

What an amazing building! This is easily one of the most beautiful mosques I have ever seen! You are very lucky to have seen it with your own eyes. I would love to visit Afghanistan myself but i dont think this will be possible for many years. Thanks for sharing this! Regards Dan Ferris