The Colors of Hope !, a photo from Khorasan Razavi, East

Photographer's Note

There is a beautiful and old mausoleum around the Neyshabur twonship in Khurasan province where the poeple goes there everydays for prayer.

The mausoleum is located in village of Ghadamgah almost 90 Km from mashad and 20-30 Km to Neyshabur,and dates back to the 11th century AH(Anno Hegirae).

In this Mausoleum there is a stone tablet that bears the impression of the soles of two feet. It is said that these impressions belong to the feet of His Holiness Imam Reza (AS) 202 AH .

The poeple who believe and love him,come here and most of them do fold and knot a piece of cloth with a hope for resolving of their difficulties.

isabela_sor, andante, parbo, faubry, niphredil76, dokadak, Didi, brandstaetter, japiey, cessy, Bruno40, jhm, Bluejeans, belido, alainh, gary91, Atousa, salvator, ALIRIZA, siolaw, jafadabret, ChrisJ, Monziii, cyrrhus has marked this note useful

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ben4321 (9875) 2008-02-14 10:11

Very interesting shot Mohammad, and one that tells a story well, together with your note.
Personally I'd have preferred it without the wall visible at the bottom of the frame, just to give you a cleaner, less cluttered image with the woman and the colourful wall. But for that you'd have needed a lower wall, or a taller woman!
Interesting work.

Cheers,
Ben

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andante (7092) 2008-02-14 10:21

Hi Mohammad,

Great feel you have captured in this image. Though we can't see the face, the body language and the hands gestures are very humbled. It does communicates a lot of faith and hope. Excellent capture.

Cheers,
Enrique

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leo61 (0) 2008-02-14 10:25

Hi Mohammad!
A good shot in the sense of learning about the world.
Good composition too with perfect placement of this person and the many ,colorful "clothknots".
Regards,Leo
ps:congratulation for the exhibition in Mainz.Maybe I`ll go there .I`m living about 75 Kilometeres from Mainz.

Graal (103040) 2008-02-14 11:57

Hi Mohammad,
amazing scene, excellent composition and interesting note. Good work, well quality.
Gr., Aleksander

faubry (35447) 2008-02-14 13:59

Good evening Mohammad, a simphonie of green colours, a lot hope here in this scene..
take care
francine

parbo (11092) 2008-02-14 14:01

Hello Mohammad,

Excellent capture while lady wishing her hopes. Hiding her face shows your respect that most of important part for me with her hands at front of thousands piece of cloths. A meaningful frame, wonderful. Congratulation.

Friendly Regards,

Ertugrul

niphredil76 (850) 2008-02-14 14:33

Hi Mohammed, interesting and yes, also touching, story in a beautiful shot! Praying for someone help to undo the knots that tie our lives! So "real"!
Nice colors, and well done contrast with her black veil!
Laura
P.S. there's a meaning in the different colors of the knots?

dokadak (11518) 2008-02-14 15:29

Salam Mohammad,

I wish her hopes will be real soon... any of us wish or hopes on many things... and we cant live without it...
you managed a very nice composition with perfect colors and sharp...

greatings
hasan

Didi (61589) 2008-02-14 17:05

Salam Mohammad
Very interesting picture
In the small pic I thought tha t the lady was dominating from a dominant point of view a crowd of people; very strange indeed.
Cheers.

vagabondtravels (6511) 2008-02-14 21:59

Hi Mohammad

Really nice capture. Very sharp with good detail and colors. Great comp and pov. You really bring us into the scene. Well done.
Ben

Booz (14347) 2008-02-14 23:04

Hi Mohammad - there is the example of true and wisely shots - this woman and many bows with memory of people to tell us to think about life and history..
Thank you and best regards..
Tomek

brandstaetter (15915) 2008-02-14 23:05

Hi Mohammad,
thanks for sharing this one with us ! We also have some little churches where you can put your wishes in a similar way. Let´s go there and hope for peace :)
Cheers Chris

japiey (10163) 2008-02-15 2:25

Hi M,

Sensible in shooting this touching concept.
May be the first in TE such a concept in image.
The faith that holds people in doing this ritual explains their life. This shot tells the world of it...
Here in India, in many Temples, such rituals still exists.
You give a new dimension to hope: COLOURS !!

All the best, dear friend.

jp

baba_flies (8829) 2008-02-15 3:36

Dear Mohammad ... this is why I am still here, not only for the nice colorful photos but also for moments like this one! So different from my urban life style. In our catholic churches (well I am not) people light candles and donate some money but for the same reason, giving someone strength, pray for good health, inner freedom, peace. Very nice work indeed. Barbara.

Gerrit (59968) 2008-02-15 4:41

Hi Mohammad,
well composed picture with a good focus on the colourful knots the believerfs have left.
Regards, gerrit

cessy (13647) 2008-02-15 5:17

Hallo Mohammad
very nice picture and notes with it
a picture with a story indeed
and nice colors - perfect title

Bruno40 (6658) 2008-02-15 5:18

Good capture Mohammad, right on a moment of faith. The colour range is great.
I appreciate that you kept her provacy by not showing her face.
Good work
jorge

carper (96) 2008-02-15 10:12

a shot with a story Mohammad,
fine pov good details and very nice photo, very informative, thaks for sharing my friend, have a nice weekend.
gr. jaap

jhm (202883) 2008-02-16 0:41

Hello Mohammad,

Happy that people believe in, that can are a support.
You took a very good image, with the woman that try something to get in the wall,with the different be a resolving cloth.
We see the hands of the woman and the colourful wall, this gives a nice composition.
Very well done, thanks for sharing.

Have a nice weekend,
John.

Bluejeans (64251) 2008-02-16 3:11

Ola Mohammad ,
Interessante foto gostei da tua nota bem explicativa , gostei muito dos detalhes dos pedaços de pano enrolados a senhora ficou fantastica na foto deu mais dramatismo , parabéns!!!
Um abraço Gonçalo

Janice (4403) 2008-02-17 12:07

What a touching image Mohammad. The lady's clenched hands holding onto the cloth and her head angled looking upwards - show us her heartfelt longing and prayers.
Well captured by you, and I hope her prayers were answered,
Best regards
Janice

belido (19934) 2008-02-18 4:16

Hi M,

very interesting capture. This image has a beautiful graphical apealing with the covered woman praying and that colorful wall. Great work!
Regards,
Carlos

toto (0) 2008-02-18 13:47

Belle photo de ces nombreuses couleurs mélangée et mise de façons traditionnelle. Jolies couleurs et bonne netteté de l' ensemble.

Amitiés Thomas

alainh (33209) 2008-02-19 1:10

hello Mohammad
a beautiful and well composed picture you proposed here. the hands are the stars of the scenary. very well made !
have a nice day Mohammad
alain

gary91 (15348) 2008-02-19 11:05

Hello Mohammad,
This is not only a very interesting shot and note, it is as well a beautiful and very good composition. The hands of this woman, perfectly placed in the frame and the vrious and multi colors of all these pieces of cloth are forming a great image.
If only all hope could be satisfied... ;-)
Have a nice evening.
Best regards, Christian

Atousa (7131) 2008-02-19 21:56

Salam Mohammad,
No doubt that its a great shot of people's life n their beliefs ..very impressive ..great compo n colours ..its good to see her fingers folding the knot.tfs
Best wishes,
AtousA

salvator (19110) 2008-02-20 1:40

Hi Mohammad my friend,
Beautifully composed image, with superb sharpness and bright vivid colors.
Besy regards. Salvator.

delkoo (68) 2008-02-20 2:11

hi mohammad
very nice daily life, counting the piece of clothes, i image that many people have difficulties. interesting note too.

best regards
didier

gilou530 (34) 2008-02-20 12:41

salut mohammad
un tableau trés coloré de ce travail ou ces mains sous ce voile noir donne un coté mystérieux, beau travail
amitiés
gilbert

ALIRIZA (16423) 2008-02-20 13:45

Hi Mohammad,
Great POV, very nice composition with the woman praying in that traditional way and good colours. Well done my dear friend...
All the best...
Ali Rıza

siolaw (38294) 2008-02-20 22:59

Hello Mohammad
An interesting picture of this tradition, nice to understand it too, thanks to your note. The compo with strong lines and the veiled woman tying these knots has strong visual and emotional impact. Good documentary and artistic value here!
TFS
Laurent

jafadabret (56501) 2008-02-20 23:15

Hi Mohammad.
La photo est simple mais très suggestive. Les mains qui font ce geste comme une prière, le voile qui cache la tête et ce grand tapis fait de morceaux d'étoffes, tout cela fait une belle photo.
Jacques

ChrisJ (159946) 2008-02-22 6:24

Hi Mohammad

And what wonderful colour, it is, too! Well composed, with excellent sharpness & graphism. Tfs!

Merline (0) 2008-03-12 3:44

Hello Mohammad.
I find this a most interesting shot. Beautiful colors and pattern created by the devotion of people. I like your angle of view, showing the woman in her prayer and the focus on her hands with the diagonal view. Great visual and emotional impact, a sensitive image, my compliments

TFS, Kind regards
Michèle

erdo (569) 2008-04-07 12:16

Hello Muhammet, it has been a long time I was away , so now I can have the opportunity to carry on visiting Iran through your eyes. Beautiful exposure and somehow you managed to keep even the texture in the balck scarf.

In Turkey you can imagine we have the same rituel. Sometimes a tree neary by a holly cemetery is full of colrfull clothes, sometimes a gate. A trekearther has got a phote of the same custom in Izmir- Turkey. Considering the islamic politics going on in Turkey it would be interesting to see. Anton Lefterov (edal)s photo is in http://www.trekearth.com/viewphotos.php?l=5&p=741509.
Lots of regards,
Erdogan

Flavia (10352) 2008-04-12 4:05

Hi Mohammad,

Interesting subject. The colorful wall contrasts with her dark clothes, nice framing and focus on her 'praying' hands.

Regards,

Flavia