Smoking, drinking and a monkey on his shoulder… Despite that I still see Marrakech’s Djema El-Fnaa as one one of the world’s most fascinating spots in the world, for that same atmosphere that put it in the Immaterial Heritage list of UNESCO, I wasn’t too interested in photographing its street performers on my last time there. I tend to avoid them almost everywhere, and in the Djema El-Fnaa square the only ones I would really like to take a picture are the storytellers, the sub-saharan Africans that sit in the ground while the Moroccans around follow their story and pay to see its end. Sit in the ground, with no light whatsoever, making photos impossible… I wandered the square, delighted but not taking photos, when I found this guy: full of “swag” , sitting on his scooter, smoking, drinking while the obvious monkey lies on his shoulder. This one I had to shoot, and as I stared at him he noticed that and was about to start his routine, I raised my hand in time: Don’t move! And he did not move, and I gladly gave him a few dirhams. You simply do not take a photo of a street performer without paying him, specially in Marrakech.
The glamorous life of a photographer… 😕
Because Easter in this part of the country is celebrated on Monday: Happy Easter!
Morning mist
Gear for a week of photos What to pack for a week of photos that has no concrete goal or project? A bit of everything, but without packing everything.
My pocket beast.I’ve been a fan of compact cameras for some time, and this is why: having a great tool that fits the palm of my hand. This one has been with me for some years, it’s a Sony RX100, 1st generation model (probably the 5th generation will be released later this year) but still very capable and the camera I carry with me almost every time. Photo by my friend Ana.
In the shadow of the Parliament.
<h1>Not a pretty place…</h1>
More scouting for my Tejo project, and the joy of finally finding the way to a place I had my eyes for some time. And this time I’m looking the less sexy, more suburban and industrial environment of the Tagus north bank.
Yesterday’s rainy return home…
Pausa para a escrita
Nesta última metade de Fevereiro a fotografia ficou posta de lado, os dois fins-de-semana de workshop de escrita de viagem com o Filipe Morato Gomes ocuparam algum do meu tempo livre e fizeram com que preferisse focar-me em outras óptimas formas de ver em viagem. Agora é altura de voltar à zona de conforto, que há muito trabalho a fazer por lá! :)