filmat
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Hello,
A few pictures from Lebanon taken with my R-D1 and the Summilux 35 pre-asph
Byblos (Jbeil), one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities. Seaport view while approaching in a boat:
People spending their weekend afternoon, playing "tawle"
Old owner of a small shop: he repairs bicycles and has been doing so for decades
This guy owns a small shop and tries to sell many things to tourists. A good talker, he told my girlfriend that she's the prettiest he ever saw (not that she's not pretty but he surely says this to every girl or woman passing by hoping to make a sell : ) But he is nice and reminded me of Lebanese customs (he asked me from which Lebanese city I come , a typical question that kicks almost every discussion between two strangers in Lebanon - and complained that I did not ask him the same question in return - I did then to make his day! 🙂 We spent some time discussing the customs of my "birth" city and his.
Women in the midst of their afternoon chit-chat. They own a small snack
The old man with the narghile. I see him almost every year when I visit Byblos: same place in the old souk, same chair, smoking his narghile in the corner and looking around. I am under the impression that he spends his days there looking at people and dreaming. I have 5 pictures of him taken almost every year since 2003. This time i had a small chat with him : his son is an engineer, expatriate, working in Paris. He told him if I knew him: my response was negative (Paris is a little bigger than Byblos in which he spent only the last 45 years of his life !)
The policeman resting for a few minutes, preparing for the night traffic jams in the old city. My girl friend bought a small bird in a cage and once he saw he could not hold from commenting and chatting with us
Pictures from Mount Lebanon
View on Beirut from Broummana:
A Lebanese pine forest. A small pine forest near Bikfaya (1000m)
This was in August but Bikfaya is always foggy
A monastery in Mar Chaaya
Its vineyard
The monks make a tasty wine according to my father but we did not have time to visit and taste 🙂
Its church
Hope you enjoyed the series. A small glimpse of Lebanon different than the typical late news feed 🙂
Philippe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmat
http://streetphoto.free.fr
A few pictures from Lebanon taken with my R-D1 and the Summilux 35 pre-asph
Byblos (Jbeil), one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities. Seaport view while approaching in a boat:
People spending their weekend afternoon, playing "tawle"
Old owner of a small shop: he repairs bicycles and has been doing so for decades
This guy owns a small shop and tries to sell many things to tourists. A good talker, he told my girlfriend that she's the prettiest he ever saw (not that she's not pretty but he surely says this to every girl or woman passing by hoping to make a sell : ) But he is nice and reminded me of Lebanese customs (he asked me from which Lebanese city I come , a typical question that kicks almost every discussion between two strangers in Lebanon - and complained that I did not ask him the same question in return - I did then to make his day! 🙂 We spent some time discussing the customs of my "birth" city and his.
Women in the midst of their afternoon chit-chat. They own a small snack
The old man with the narghile. I see him almost every year when I visit Byblos: same place in the old souk, same chair, smoking his narghile in the corner and looking around. I am under the impression that he spends his days there looking at people and dreaming. I have 5 pictures of him taken almost every year since 2003. This time i had a small chat with him : his son is an engineer, expatriate, working in Paris. He told him if I knew him: my response was negative (Paris is a little bigger than Byblos in which he spent only the last 45 years of his life !)
The policeman resting for a few minutes, preparing for the night traffic jams in the old city. My girl friend bought a small bird in a cage and once he saw he could not hold from commenting and chatting with us
Pictures from Mount Lebanon
View on Beirut from Broummana:
A Lebanese pine forest. A small pine forest near Bikfaya (1000m)
This was in August but Bikfaya is always foggy
A monastery in Mar Chaaya
Its vineyard
The monks make a tasty wine according to my father but we did not have time to visit and taste 🙂
Its church
Hope you enjoyed the series. A small glimpse of Lebanon different than the typical late news feed 🙂
Philippe
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pmat
http://streetphoto.free.fr
