Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Faces of Arabia: The Power Of Photography

When I returned from Jordan and the UAE two weeks ago, I met up with my good friend, the insightful blogger Denmark Vesey, to share photos from my vacation.

As we went through the collection, I pointed to several that I told him I was so proud of and liked so much that I didn't even want to put them out for public consumption; feeling protective, the way artists do with their work, I felt a need to keep them for myself. Although scenic photos can be magical, there is something soulful and expressive in the image of a human being and it is that something that gives photography a supremacy over other art forms.

While I think he understood the sentiment I expressed, DV told me that I could not keep such photos under wraps. "You have a duty to show these images", or something close to that, is what he said to me. He explained that with the corporate media dedication to serving up a steady diet of negative images of Arabs, it is imperative that I counter those images with human images.

And, thus, begins my series of Faces Of Arabia. The photos will not necessarily appear consecutively, but you will, over time, see the faces of the people who our government would callously dehumanize if political circumstances required it.

This is Adnan. He is a Bedouin in Jordan from whom KB and I rented camels for a run through Petra. He is one of the most photogenic people I've ever come across.



8 Comments:

At 1:14 PM, May 23, 2007 , Blogger mrsleep said...

I'm looking forward to more pictures being posted.

 
At 6:34 PM, May 25, 2007 , Blogger Unknown said...

i always thought being called photogenic was a backhanded compliment. if you are good looking you are just good looking, but if you take good pictures in spite of being "ehh" in person you get photogenic. would much rather be un-photogenic...

glad you are back...lets talk...lets lunch...lets, lets, lets...

-kacy

 
At 7:05 AM, May 26, 2007 , Blogger Capt. Fogg said...

Great photo - you should be talking to National Geographic.

 
At 7:53 AM, May 29, 2007 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great photo! Looking forward to seeing more.

Although not sure why you had to turn this post into something political?... "people who our government would callously dehumanize if political circumstances required it"... huh??? Aren't these just nice pics of your vacations??

 
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