tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146120192024-03-07T10:49:59.686+03:00BataranziA photographic journey through the lens of Laith Al-MajaliLaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-14582454113257758172009-07-30T22:35:00.003+03:002009-07-30T22:39:52.972+03:00The blog has now officially movedIt took me a while to make this decision, so after 230 posts dating back to 2005, i have decided to move my blog to <a href="http://lmajali.wordpress.com">www.lmajali.wordpress.com</a><br />I just wanted a new layout and to be able to post my pictures in a bigger size, i have moved the posts to the new blog, but will still keep this for a while.<br /><br />Thanks again for everyone who has come through here and please continue to follow my work on the new blog.<br /><br />Best wishes from a sunny Los Angeles<br />Laith<br /><br />30-7-2009Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-23515707628210035402009-06-18T18:55:00.003+03:002009-06-18T19:07:34.499+03:00Class Act: Ahmad El-Fishawy photos in new issue of Nox<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3dOkjjTLoe4JnYjC_byw4NxBoFm1KH1osBkX2M08KdXNVHi5yYwZhE_7Q6Xo07JwevgO-ja4uWanu_XWoyZ512YxjnYvZFqV5QyMl7AZ5PVy9yugxsOHv8A8-w8aJ-oS_SGZ/s1600-h/24220023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3dOkjjTLoe4JnYjC_byw4NxBoFm1KH1osBkX2M08KdXNVHi5yYwZhE_7Q6Xo07JwevgO-ja4uWanu_XWoyZ512YxjnYvZFqV5QyMl7AZ5PVy9yugxsOHv8A8-w8aJ-oS_SGZ/s400/24220023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348698063198579570" border="0" /></a><br />If you are in Amman, Beirut, Dubai or Bahrain, check out my shoot with Egyptian actor Ahmad El-Fishawy. You can read the <a href="http://www.nox-mag.com/article/Class+act/">article online </a>too, but there is only one of the photos on the site.<br />The photo above is an out take from the shoot.<br />Shooting these photos was stressful because of all the kids running around and wanting to take a picture with him. I thought that if i took him outside of Cairo i'd be able to take him to the streets and shoot some candid portraits. So we headed out to Saqqara. As we were driving i saw an interesting location on the side of the road and we went down to shoot. The people of the town swarmmed us and eventually i ended up using them as part of the photos. Sometimes you have to adapt.<br /><br />I'm really happy with the results of the shoot.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-37063929487443905182009-06-18T06:05:00.011+03:002009-06-18T08:08:18.056+03:00Photos from a L.A Summer - Week 1As usual, it takes me months to update the blog, but things have been really busy. I am in L.A at the moment, and i'll be here till August. In May i had a month assignment that went really well, it was quite stressful but fun at the same time. Since i'm back to the land of quick internet, and since i have some time to myself this summer, i'm hoping i can update the blog with many photos shot over the past couple of months.<br /><br />I'm back to shooting in the streets of L.A and here is a selection of photos from the first 3 rolls of film.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Jaime, Chris's gf when i met them for lunch in Silverlake.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd-Pm11elnTK7F8z9f2K-5KIHVglGsGWrBoNiimST-arGJO670I04TGl6vJG7gLTFmDTtp85XkDamMujjfpmztrB0m4JTzwJiH8a_OQzROndaHipWg-brQesLN5LWyONgw53J/s1600-h/19560005_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWd-Pm11elnTK7F8z9f2K-5KIHVglGsGWrBoNiimST-arGJO670I04TGl6vJG7gLTFmDTtp85XkDamMujjfpmztrB0m4JTzwJiH8a_OQzROndaHipWg-brQesLN5LWyONgw53J/s320/19560005_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501336964251346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Murphy, Chris's dog, i guess he's my favorite dog.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2Ddesw_mHHMj2P4R9IXO86UwHSm7GloXFlv22hf_Q6QBnfRg5gTdSZWRs82D4cj85K_LPKuAwzovAKLMXs2P24lOiduPeYxLaaRVstWAbHyDYkWlhbNl-43xyvVzWYrMwg_Q/s1600-h/19560006_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG2Ddesw_mHHMj2P4R9IXO86UwHSm7GloXFlv22hf_Q6QBnfRg5gTdSZWRs82D4cj85K_LPKuAwzovAKLMXs2P24lOiduPeYxLaaRVstWAbHyDYkWlhbNl-43xyvVzWYrMwg_Q/s320/19560006_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501325632869602" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Chris and Murphy.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbuLh0Lc-zFS1wAVNSvCYyqVni-nGJ-heabaUkxqTRBANwYHXG1nHT2YXp2diYUdCFc-jdtYF3cE6yB4963shSx8vqibyM549cVJI43DfIVUraDNbgBb82K_Q5H78pQ-Klf9J/s1600-h/19560007_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinbuLh0Lc-zFS1wAVNSvCYyqVni-nGJ-heabaUkxqTRBANwYHXG1nHT2YXp2diYUdCFc-jdtYF3cE6yB4963shSx8vqibyM549cVJI43DfIVUraDNbgBb82K_Q5H78pQ-Klf9J/s320/19560007_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501325546659330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Silverlake is becoming one of my favorite places to shoot in L.A</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9GEgWfUIEMKFNius1plMhj4Ik3a2jYE49aLDZf0Ka67WEJ6FStBRYONc5QWq_DLySwxhAm4JG9dIYN1TNQrge80BxGKC97kjS10FAPCbZzcyQ5V6kcAPRx37uSGNBWAFGdfk/s1600-h/19560012_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9GEgWfUIEMKFNius1plMhj4Ik3a2jYE49aLDZf0Ka67WEJ6FStBRYONc5QWq_DLySwxhAm4JG9dIYN1TNQrge80BxGKC97kjS10FAPCbZzcyQ5V6kcAPRx37uSGNBWAFGdfk/s320/19560012_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501322597107410" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Forgot how many people drive shopping carts around L.A</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOc4xBiRKu_AXSR3NkUTRE6Uos8VYi_twlEr-7_KKLd4xTvDJtF6iczNlga-Sd5h_iVQw1_dn4aM9A6RD2fWUiVoFAR7-JtNGuHxqe0Wr7ynNe1_1zO-CaMcYgfCeE2MSuP3w/s1600-h/19560013_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzOc4xBiRKu_AXSR3NkUTRE6Uos8VYi_twlEr-7_KKLd4xTvDJtF6iczNlga-Sd5h_iVQw1_dn4aM9A6RD2fWUiVoFAR7-JtNGuHxqe0Wr7ynNe1_1zO-CaMcYgfCeE2MSuP3w/s320/19560013_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501316361327490" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Chess is becoming a recuring element in many of my shots. </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp1eN8TnQtS_gor7XGh8E3u-foElNSbopTfYumIW-EH1OpisgQGpyZspkDBplPCikZ48JT0N4Bd5Yc-yFFEV6n7a9lqcJ041x2-ngUa9dcnFScxWfDcJ8Lm_uyUPWjHs1vABR/s1600-h/19560015_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFp1eN8TnQtS_gor7XGh8E3u-foElNSbopTfYumIW-EH1OpisgQGpyZspkDBplPCikZ48JT0N4Bd5Yc-yFFEV6n7a9lqcJ041x2-ngUa9dcnFScxWfDcJ8Lm_uyUPWjHs1vABR/s320/19560015_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501049576482546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">99 cent shot</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDhge5hOuF0xXIz8OPx5jGM9n7-LYOZzzRMesyi0NJtkxukkBdVfsl6tfTtHt5cKJWguGH9wC-4ZEaXQiXfWAuSxW-c12oK6VYKHwcVxW-yv7rL-T2MFCy7WUi-lXQJmdH-r6/s1600-h/19560020_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaDhge5hOuF0xXIz8OPx5jGM9n7-LYOZzzRMesyi0NJtkxukkBdVfsl6tfTtHt5cKJWguGH9wC-4ZEaXQiXfWAuSxW-c12oK6VYKHwcVxW-yv7rL-T2MFCy7WUi-lXQJmdH-r6/s320/19560020_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501042267779266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">On a big screen you can see a girl having her photo taken at the bottom of the photo. Would look nice as a print.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVrc58i9EKOxCIbzrRIEcjwhmidUfE7kieLaWk5FRJzQQiflTVMa46vA8SPT5DP6Mc1LkNeuCs1FDGp8_ewKAAfQ8SfoXWfzPGbRuCYuZ15LsZMYHho_Mt40ummx5IeiXW-ue/s1600-h/19560022_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVrc58i9EKOxCIbzrRIEcjwhmidUfE7kieLaWk5FRJzQQiflTVMa46vA8SPT5DP6Mc1LkNeuCs1FDGp8_ewKAAfQ8SfoXWfzPGbRuCYuZ15LsZMYHho_Mt40ummx5IeiXW-ue/s320/19560022_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501037070331362" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Chris Weeks shooting in his neighborhood. We are collaborating on a nice project this summer.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8FvJcwizTP5WzCyZczrnnk6VB4k7XGsJMOCESx-teoqc61ubsOg7CD7Ph9gbFtjpXMmmERh4fbKE3sF-e7D1_sbYLNj1E3YgGZNyBbGxfU71n0YSQFBNWx_3ke2EIrsZIKhV/s1600-h/19560027_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8FvJcwizTP5WzCyZczrnnk6VB4k7XGsJMOCESx-teoqc61ubsOg7CD7Ph9gbFtjpXMmmERh4fbKE3sF-e7D1_sbYLNj1E3YgGZNyBbGxfU71n0YSQFBNWx_3ke2EIrsZIKhV/s320/19560027_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501032951457746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Jeff enjoying L.A ads</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBMfsfYTj3GZ6HNc9Setkf8UnuOc5Ni-o5NeFMhkXrdp1UsYrq5pWLpiK3gsRDw8E2VSxNUn9Q_G1jWzxdvKuYNJmsxpsotlHOWPAgSCGZyoSqS7WyF18ug65IcM_NoF2cuu0/s1600-h/19560030_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBMfsfYTj3GZ6HNc9Setkf8UnuOc5Ni-o5NeFMhkXrdp1UsYrq5pWLpiK3gsRDw8E2VSxNUn9Q_G1jWzxdvKuYNJmsxpsotlHOWPAgSCGZyoSqS7WyF18ug65IcM_NoF2cuu0/s320/19560030_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348501027128950754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">L.A greenery</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYX_hgn-6cT5SLCyb4-rqcVpqu0vFO8dQEOCCVe8qhAMLMNQNlkWbQPuwsAhz2SouFdwXTtkVUjS6frnQHsVoU79o9SmTBYGkdI2XCBqYIvNnKICkecY-zxLMQG9A9JfV_7bmtMA/s1600-h/19560032_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYX_hgn-6cT5SLCyb4-rqcVpqu0vFO8dQEOCCVe8qhAMLMNQNlkWbQPuwsAhz2SouFdwXTtkVUjS6frnQHsVoU79o9SmTBYGkdI2XCBqYIvNnKICkecY-zxLMQG9A9JfV_7bmtMA/s320/19560032_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500704049314978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Santa Monica pier is always an interesting place to shoot.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKImOWKrwG_oF9WrpipSWcpf1_hCc1rd6YMc-R5QHYDuIAXfSpfQrqWjsUQfLulEL94OEk7MD5J8Bd8gvblnF8xWr6hVM9ucMHE6znftVqu3ArJNNdBTSAvi1v5INfPO8B_kOPlg/s1600-h/19570004_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKImOWKrwG_oF9WrpipSWcpf1_hCc1rd6YMc-R5QHYDuIAXfSpfQrqWjsUQfLulEL94OEk7MD5J8Bd8gvblnF8xWr6hVM9ucMHE6znftVqu3ArJNNdBTSAvi1v5INfPO8B_kOPlg/s320/19570004_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500698877153698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Joanna reacting to an odd dancing man in the distance</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUpa6mcQ3qGw-Qy8ZxH-nVwVFENomUVFGfW9qpyP8u5UowBCuhw3dlj0ZaSd2s_XqNEh6I6X9Nv1PyfcQRySgPLPz72bITPH7rCbp3KnTs-qGzCkg6v0lstxaciPN_72ym0PIsQ/s1600-h/19570007_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisUpa6mcQ3qGw-Qy8ZxH-nVwVFENomUVFGfW9qpyP8u5UowBCuhw3dlj0ZaSd2s_XqNEh6I6X9Nv1PyfcQRySgPLPz72bITPH7rCbp3KnTs-qGzCkg6v0lstxaciPN_72ym0PIsQ/s320/19570007_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500700121803730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Ms. Bateman on the edge</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaUgYeEf6zr4Z0nZhx9mtkcsqftbSjgk1qwcKe3wlcjYlrAEUNFnyblvR8KLV67eauAvdCPoRJr2G__Q1-JhhgKkHirPqOznV2KFy7WBv64WrHT8ZW3lQ2_AVNjGZ0jFElPej8g/s1600-h/19570011_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaUgYeEf6zr4Z0nZhx9mtkcsqftbSjgk1qwcKe3wlcjYlrAEUNFnyblvR8KLV67eauAvdCPoRJr2G__Q1-JhhgKkHirPqOznV2KFy7WBv64WrHT8ZW3lQ2_AVNjGZ0jFElPej8g/s320/19570011_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500697201783618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">One of my favorite shots of the series, he's got a lollipop in his hand</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaKbZ-UsTZ0m96z0Nn5P9k9EgnRE8zA3-RbvVL9Zpbiz56dBcfN7aGjVh3gcIgejqHu4l8a2FzKGDJyrdKO_e4hEm6Ajt5htEHGOlf4VS0mohJPUzZuN-YF_IGXtrGjw4hpHS7A/s1600-h/19570013_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaKbZ-UsTZ0m96z0Nn5P9k9EgnRE8zA3-RbvVL9Zpbiz56dBcfN7aGjVh3gcIgejqHu4l8a2FzKGDJyrdKO_e4hEm6Ajt5htEHGOlf4VS0mohJPUzZuN-YF_IGXtrGjw4hpHS7A/s320/19570013_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500690882544866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Benches and Beaches</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbErSR5gx5D0FK_tvUoqNyCqzH5yer_z-hzMr0VODJJ-FtXiea9og_wlI0Yo1Ssott-x9kZNh8NgoRqC-JVz_PcatlbxkqQLYLlfjiKHuQadJbaLSDO1GVmpuY-jRFMHB7lx8Kw/s1600-h/19570014_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbErSR5gx5D0FK_tvUoqNyCqzH5yer_z-hzMr0VODJJ-FtXiea9og_wlI0Yo1Ssott-x9kZNh8NgoRqC-JVz_PcatlbxkqQLYLlfjiKHuQadJbaLSDO1GVmpuY-jRFMHB7lx8Kw/s320/19570014_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500426128557522" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The Hot Dog Stick lady had a nice attitude to her, made me want to make this frame</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCsQD83JwGx1pwPS-3g_Pd4aMFUrPM4GIf1cwnoId4huHTUIQ0aogAMfIUfiY_1tBAmaXSQEUcu353LpHanvVUv2x-5oZD_ogVkiXClYUlOUFcEDs3zeXuy9cEwBV5sML8Av9rw/s1600-h/19570019_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCsQD83JwGx1pwPS-3g_Pd4aMFUrPM4GIf1cwnoId4huHTUIQ0aogAMfIUfiY_1tBAmaXSQEUcu353LpHanvVUv2x-5oZD_ogVkiXClYUlOUFcEDs3zeXuy9cEwBV5sML8Av9rw/s320/19570019_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500418767015682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />More chess on the beach</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdBdXz3tRu65hhDQwCqnJOFCx7Jlg6nEhjkLzyY_P4xy6i9BDwYw9eB_NRmTW83l7AJ-6BmDar8HetobjkdPVs8y_EvUJ_2LNdRuAmPCWJUa4UQ8JR4BvF31BlsXFy5Ksnz70yw/s1600-h/19570020_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxdBdXz3tRu65hhDQwCqnJOFCx7Jlg6nEhjkLzyY_P4xy6i9BDwYw9eB_NRmTW83l7AJ-6BmDar8HetobjkdPVs8y_EvUJ_2LNdRuAmPCWJUa4UQ8JR4BvF31BlsXFy5Ksnz70yw/s320/19570020_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500415938718242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Reading the L.A times weekend edition</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VqFqj5ZCVyywxULm1w2Vmwb9ep4U2nPHH7yfVh1RWi4h5stST9trEgLrrkP14t1oa9H0AOOUBSrQenUBf52lSYBCnHFUgEHv3boy3lYKhcBZyRhrGa40iiDxPO5jS03KgVKgmg/s1600-h/19570022_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VqFqj5ZCVyywxULm1w2Vmwb9ep4U2nPHH7yfVh1RWi4h5stST9trEgLrrkP14t1oa9H0AOOUBSrQenUBf52lSYBCnHFUgEHv3boy3lYKhcBZyRhrGa40iiDxPO5jS03KgVKgmg/s320/19570022_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500412309786418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The triple J trio enjoying the weekend in Santa Monica</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeCT7FppLshT6vM1HolGLxLNsh98ll7959_T7GC1Y43NA9n6HORiaC2hmhW09cesKCF0p71zFeCEjg7fSFbfb1COqiB_GNAoAeLr4NutUxXlB5GuhL6hd4wyOlN08ZkATrY9J1w/s1600-h/19570023_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqeCT7FppLshT6vM1HolGLxLNsh98ll7959_T7GC1Y43NA9n6HORiaC2hmhW09cesKCF0p71zFeCEjg7fSFbfb1COqiB_GNAoAeLr4NutUxXlB5GuhL6hd4wyOlN08ZkATrY9J1w/s320/19570023_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500414069986690" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Another favorite frame, i'm slowly getting used to having the 28mm as my main Leica lens.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ClEnSaZYRCqWiPDCTlc6y3gGmc1pWnbnxk_WN9XAJ1m2OlHlyuEgAm9QOm-SZW1SybIVV5Q3Nk2EG3YebVILU5TgHsYEoJ6LMb7-rpdgnn8nCGhagiDG6giX7X0EHwIRbLUJKA/s1600-h/19570024_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ClEnSaZYRCqWiPDCTlc6y3gGmc1pWnbnxk_WN9XAJ1m2OlHlyuEgAm9QOm-SZW1SybIVV5Q3Nk2EG3YebVILU5TgHsYEoJ6LMb7-rpdgnn8nCGhagiDG6giX7X0EHwIRbLUJKA/s320/19570024_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500025275350962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />I like how the two wheels meet in the middle</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymNzHOX-5IaYQc1tNgWWonlId7aB2rhveNcEWDFPkqlvvA9uY95cRpSqISi892XXyyWMxaMDzWPKs-PMK5mgzkohRqpWtrjUviTVBELvIrjkzvIazyG7ioQGwjpjXu_-TzfvaaA/s1600-h/19570025_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymNzHOX-5IaYQc1tNgWWonlId7aB2rhveNcEWDFPkqlvvA9uY95cRpSqISi892XXyyWMxaMDzWPKs-PMK5mgzkohRqpWtrjUviTVBELvIrjkzvIazyG7ioQGwjpjXu_-TzfvaaA/s320/19570025_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500017602352370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Three ladies on the side of the street, back to shooting from cars</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj8Tj_E1RA9O2CI3nIyutzsPn7kxoyvsfJvOk7gNjY_hkk-ifxHDMeunsRP3DYOSeFa_ED5yW1ktakbSSt6pJWsK-49qH_MJA-aOaV1LBrC2kIesElvLcb6ecRp5g0xtlDqXBCQ/s1600-h/19570029_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUj8Tj_E1RA9O2CI3nIyutzsPn7kxoyvsfJvOk7gNjY_hkk-ifxHDMeunsRP3DYOSeFa_ED5yW1ktakbSSt6pJWsK-49qH_MJA-aOaV1LBrC2kIesElvLcb6ecRp5g0xtlDqXBCQ/s320/19570029_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500011232294498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">More dog shots, i guess this is the most dog i've had in a post</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQRAYPb7KrORVh0QV2TAVdRJJRo_1pjcMvbDVJ_99mY4EW80tuBcDGneEp_4ZOBHZyO47d0sFjusjTe8OdSXcXmkWVOVyZdXqB93ZcZMK7oo_SMTOsMMsEsu3M-HAKbXIrIYx_Q/s1600-h/19580005_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQRAYPb7KrORVh0QV2TAVdRJJRo_1pjcMvbDVJ_99mY4EW80tuBcDGneEp_4ZOBHZyO47d0sFjusjTe8OdSXcXmkWVOVyZdXqB93ZcZMK7oo_SMTOsMMsEsu3M-HAKbXIrIYx_Q/s320/19580005_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499706476952450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The Flower Dinosaur<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyY62MV4fTt8TksKvndWZO8BssLDOxqWeoZJpOnYedrA_tKnyAhmPFkyxq_QnQDOb-qkGQp4nXkOIjxu0wANLYaQmJnTbAPSZrIVed-ZQqioyHlmEXbCK8xdSIUMVzE5b-msicA/s1600-h/19580008_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDyY62MV4fTt8TksKvndWZO8BssLDOxqWeoZJpOnYedrA_tKnyAhmPFkyxq_QnQDOb-qkGQp4nXkOIjxu0wANLYaQmJnTbAPSZrIVed-ZQqioyHlmEXbCK8xdSIUMVzE5b-msicA/s320/19580008_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499705198130322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Smaller dog than the one before</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjPAT6bpvKoP6S0cu0kDyGA3KdVaYSm7EWesWv_LCi0HH7VnoPxZs3zGi8vwEdX-5ALc2gVlejRYeqH2ZmGLL1-QsJaLaaRNGehp_np4anznDx_qFh07pPsHTdDcnMAemY1dZXQ/s1600-h/19580010_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjPAT6bpvKoP6S0cu0kDyGA3KdVaYSm7EWesWv_LCi0HH7VnoPxZs3zGi8vwEdX-5ALc2gVlejRYeqH2ZmGLL1-QsJaLaaRNGehp_np4anznDx_qFh07pPsHTdDcnMAemY1dZXQ/s320/19580010_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499698072917394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The girl was just sitting there on the post, i guess she was listening to one of the street performers on the other side</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-KUR-S8Pn8fCwSjlV69lWui1VYxnAZzHUe_CcsFv4bzDuB4fKH1V5P95DRNrKvFS_mNfaFKX3B3uTHVtWXRyvxH_1imw31QlaWRmdrQ6ZImlrY10nmuO_zOtmCv4s_5QiK3dYQ/s1600-h/19580015_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-KUR-S8Pn8fCwSjlV69lWui1VYxnAZzHUe_CcsFv4bzDuB4fKH1V5P95DRNrKvFS_mNfaFKX3B3uTHVtWXRyvxH_1imw31QlaWRmdrQ6ZImlrY10nmuO_zOtmCv4s_5QiK3dYQ/s320/19580015_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499321760620674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Too many homeless people all around, part of the L.A streetscape i guess</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbrkpwgUxYt8T7jyoWdhaDDuv1wShqqwsBmQqnuCGS00UNkXfZGfUMsPcpNvHRqzTrmkYD6LKJjsAH4FIwt9SraUtevNdNGjuz8HGm_zQaGwCiZD-bsjhQaMLJwJyE0J0pEO0tQ/s1600-h/19580022_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbrkpwgUxYt8T7jyoWdhaDDuv1wShqqwsBmQqnuCGS00UNkXfZGfUMsPcpNvHRqzTrmkYD6LKJjsAH4FIwt9SraUtevNdNGjuz8HGm_zQaGwCiZD-bsjhQaMLJwJyE0J0pEO0tQ/s320/19580022_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499315093872914" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Heading to the beach</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflMi6QPjwmgBhUTtEj-aXbEUE6QBk8tcQ09XSQvBCcxfFfeHwANNmDwyR7KdwiRk6ipLE4HCiESd9HlN3r-DBG5JgfZkTF7GJEz7-Q7AeEZK5a3f19aEDdaMg20OL0C4gbP_BzA/s1600-h/19580023_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflMi6QPjwmgBhUTtEj-aXbEUE6QBk8tcQ09XSQvBCcxfFfeHwANNmDwyR7KdwiRk6ipLE4HCiESd9HlN3r-DBG5JgfZkTF7GJEz7-Q7AeEZK5a3f19aEDdaMg20OL0C4gbP_BzA/s320/19580023_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499309070625378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The hat is what grabbed my attention, the noticed the tree shadow</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DxBq6CL0sFZ50SAsHxl73WT401ylu0ACoxo0nvs2Vsklw0qspEa5M1CdRFiEHamT4yGouBizm2gSy85AxF9OScE32o71I7cefIQ4GUZT_XrNmMQHQLncdGGhIASLSZgnudTlqQ/s1600-h/19580024_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1DxBq6CL0sFZ50SAsHxl73WT401ylu0ACoxo0nvs2Vsklw0qspEa5M1CdRFiEHamT4yGouBizm2gSy85AxF9OScE32o71I7cefIQ4GUZT_XrNmMQHQLncdGGhIASLSZgnudTlqQ/s320/19580024_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499304109164610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Flying rats, at least here they are smaller than the ones in NYC</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrPQcwvoH-lI_EGgOzBAfJHAnx-QEvCOgBncX_BWwnMW-ruUs3fQ2cvPbtdHAtwKSvxgFABGKb8D_8_FqCE55MchwGR96nZlAR440gb6ZwDVSP5VZS4EfNyVzz4Ojw0Hvvnn_pA/s1600-h/19580025_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrPQcwvoH-lI_EGgOzBAfJHAnx-QEvCOgBncX_BWwnMW-ruUs3fQ2cvPbtdHAtwKSvxgFABGKb8D_8_FqCE55MchwGR96nZlAR440gb6ZwDVSP5VZS4EfNyVzz4Ojw0Hvvnn_pA/s320/19580025_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499297883820658" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">My first view of the sea</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZWHn-V0DbPt_Ialr1RBTTLdakjY0KgWemkQ36NVWgx0QRZdQZVZmergygy8Wni5-RvUxgYB_E9-pse86lCcJGNxyEV7GXI0ZUoIpkhgM1WPEPrG-AHap9w5DPjmoDk7aHIwn3A/s1600-h/19580026_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZWHn-V0DbPt_Ialr1RBTTLdakjY0KgWemkQ36NVWgx0QRZdQZVZmergygy8Wni5-RvUxgYB_E9-pse86lCcJGNxyEV7GXI0ZUoIpkhgM1WPEPrG-AHap9w5DPjmoDk7aHIwn3A/s320/19580026_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348498898920791138" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Crossing over the highway</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiZTdbXjhwRJdjZrGGjQd53sOc5jsLtpbRIQrwSbK9Nn3LmcPzaKykqDs1NudUIe7CcvuLsYyPGOhMrCPOSQ7YlcjFEf55Z75ixR24WhQTv3queHV0lX79zMC32x9B8GL9XOnjw/s1600-h/19580030_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhiZTdbXjhwRJdjZrGGjQd53sOc5jsLtpbRIQrwSbK9Nn3LmcPzaKykqDs1NudUIe7CcvuLsYyPGOhMrCPOSQ7YlcjFEf55Z75ixR24WhQTv3queHV0lX79zMC32x9B8GL9XOnjw/s320/19580030_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348498896713259490" border="0" /></a>Follow the arrow to exit</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DycWtzze51kz4xegEyVkqH4OieVPRn_ZLC_PFLfRZqRl05kY8cJLDI22li4UBAQeZr8kUq9MzlVJ8kOpmRdDn38OveAH_5LChyphenhyphenhfDNEUR17L3ijC95soPIcVMCGzmoNH426Usw/s1600-h/19580033_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DycWtzze51kz4xegEyVkqH4OieVPRn_ZLC_PFLfRZqRl05kY8cJLDI22li4UBAQeZr8kUq9MzlVJ8kOpmRdDn38OveAH_5LChyphenhyphenhfDNEUR17L3ijC95soPIcVMCGzmoNH426Usw/s320/19580033_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348498893688272818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Joanna is always in her element </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSryTU3SzLnAk5q4rXsY9XIgyNdmrPjkIW3Cl8IxL__TAo4S9pQGEtZlqkXN7LtOdxLNyIUvOL9rS_hbp80PeJCQI9LZOXKv-FoMvyCyzvdsZEyAURbSMYfNW6UtkPaKkCAsTS1A/s1600-h/19580034_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSryTU3SzLnAk5q4rXsY9XIgyNdmrPjkIW3Cl8IxL__TAo4S9pQGEtZlqkXN7LtOdxLNyIUvOL9rS_hbp80PeJCQI9LZOXKv-FoMvyCyzvdsZEyAURbSMYfNW6UtkPaKkCAsTS1A/s320/19580034_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348498885538195026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Reminded me of the A-Team </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChajGPvkZlKJKCrjucTThtDNZDX-wRRMjjvHNTP5Pr-UuVzKx7hYS-Dxx2A-Jl5grD4Irtlfdv1lewikbfrFi5v2b8z2izfCcv-kxPvifluoZUfXfazAU51WSijdNFZCSDpBFeQ/s1600-h/19580035_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChajGPvkZlKJKCrjucTThtDNZDX-wRRMjjvHNTP5Pr-UuVzKx7hYS-Dxx2A-Jl5grD4Irtlfdv1lewikbfrFi5v2b8z2izfCcv-kxPvifluoZUfXfazAU51WSijdNFZCSDpBFeQ/s320/19580035_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348498881306471218" border="0" /></a>A shot of Joanaa with L.A in the background</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPB2GawwC9linDOapOCMmumb7s7NQMGJoVP9uf_nQ0TKNSDvL3ZifLlR-qfd5YZPiP2LSV_zCC4cE7qEY7AQLe_3JrSTak_3JemwFkmuwSwT7F4OEyR0SghcA5nOjFEcq_DhM9Q/s1600-h/19570033_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPB2GawwC9linDOapOCMmumb7s7NQMGJoVP9uf_nQ0TKNSDvL3ZifLlR-qfd5YZPiP2LSV_zCC4cE7qEY7AQLe_3JrSTak_3JemwFkmuwSwT7F4OEyR0SghcA5nOjFEcq_DhM9Q/s320/19570033_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500009756065250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Back toward the apartment we stopped to film</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIIKImRUD2A8E8QaZF87EjTJcH5-6gkIOr7Dq-zzKgo-vEIcqlOcvPpvrDN_R-Ykwz8p4CcS8fmkat3QKKZ0e7O5U6mRtutB9QEItQLOG8z2D6i5Yp9tIr4lJ1CamI5gXkbEcrA/s1600-h/19570034_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaIIKImRUD2A8E8QaZF87EjTJcH5-6gkIOr7Dq-zzKgo-vEIcqlOcvPpvrDN_R-Ykwz8p4CcS8fmkat3QKKZ0e7O5U6mRtutB9QEItQLOG8z2D6i5Yp9tIr4lJ1CamI5gXkbEcrA/s320/19570034_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499711932545890" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Wonder what knowledge Jay was transfering to Jordan.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7ueCLJcatqwMGNp9Slph0_5G1uIJSgIJYdoKdCgT2xhgP6WsDqZYrXWAiYWYRbLruawnI90-ikwANboXks2JFpt9HJqVPc-0o3cJuu_g-c9e_p_Piw4uu5yK9OErkizRLvpmxw/s1600-h/19570035_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt7ueCLJcatqwMGNp9Slph0_5G1uIJSgIJYdoKdCgT2xhgP6WsDqZYrXWAiYWYRbLruawnI90-ikwANboXks2JFpt9HJqVPc-0o3cJuu_g-c9e_p_Piw4uu5yK9OErkizRLvpmxw/s320/19570035_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348499707935117826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Summer this year should be good, expect a lot of pictures.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qy6SwXaVe2ACo-x_sZwzUEOLOF1lehZvclgkPZHlOWy4X_FpSVRdzrK_jOn-GxLyjDDRMOtJBDLofKPdmXBDUHKQVQoiVI7sE0ccTRMOmaRmzJk3JCGcv7V350kc_DHFfZj_dA/s1600-h/19570030_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4qy6SwXaVe2ACo-x_sZwzUEOLOF1lehZvclgkPZHlOWy4X_FpSVRdzrK_jOn-GxLyjDDRMOtJBDLofKPdmXBDUHKQVQoiVI7sE0ccTRMOmaRmzJk3JCGcv7V350kc_DHFfZj_dA/s320/19570030_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348500007425812946" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-78102072211895759842009-04-17T04:42:00.002+03:002009-04-17T04:45:53.358+03:00A Rainbow over Amman<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFV2YxbzDLsh9sZ2_GAvLXKe08eaglv3Bokie_yyMR8vtSj_opJ_cBNBQY1NK7uxO2JxWDoojjtV6c21ImcqEgufgbaNXz6HxTdWquHU0hXf5mZcr33XeLmWl5mG3d7WM4KPhIg/s1600-h/LM5d_20090416_20293_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFV2YxbzDLsh9sZ2_GAvLXKe08eaglv3Bokie_yyMR8vtSj_opJ_cBNBQY1NK7uxO2JxWDoojjtV6c21ImcqEgufgbaNXz6HxTdWquHU0hXf5mZcr33XeLmWl5mG3d7WM4KPhIg/s400/LM5d_20090416_20293_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325470255665083378" border="0" /></a><br />The weather was really weird in Amman today, but it created this beautiful rainbow over the city. Another reason why a photographer should carry a camera at all times.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-3809017541674778472009-04-05T23:15:00.004+03:002009-04-05T23:36:26.865+03:00When lightning strikes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XzDAHA0wWiQ7YMfIuSTUc5Pg-cdOWVxyLQWvc-3mAQ_9YOqGMzi_ohXp7kZJ258hGly9zDUr9IRb3wo5SBcbxZ-1pTOf-aqS-qQ0fu8GSWD9hn5LXjTMMz8ytMW7CHlNlDAfZg/s1600-h/LM5d_20090403_17011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XzDAHA0wWiQ7YMfIuSTUc5Pg-cdOWVxyLQWvc-3mAQ_9YOqGMzi_ohXp7kZJ258hGly9zDUr9IRb3wo5SBcbxZ-1pTOf-aqS-qQ0fu8GSWD9hn5LXjTMMz8ytMW7CHlNlDAfZg/s400/LM5d_20090403_17011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321308281737954898" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLknDB-HGwTia91730Yb874BNXo_KRw_xDkIlgmlPetiDX5VSdyFAvc7mrBEYxf91h0FHWQysl2imnzi_InedOrcmZvlepT8Lh03vAev9BL8TZ63YMoTEjBKPkkQKF3O5HGsR9iw/s1600-h/LM5d_20090403_17021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLknDB-HGwTia91730Yb874BNXo_KRw_xDkIlgmlPetiDX5VSdyFAvc7mrBEYxf91h0FHWQysl2imnzi_InedOrcmZvlepT8Lh03vAev9BL8TZ63YMoTEjBKPkkQKF3O5HGsR9iw/s400/LM5d_20090403_17021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321306980738650642" border="0" /></a><br />I've been in Dubai a couple times in the past years, and its the first i experience rain in that city. The skies were roaring with thunder, and lighting was striking everywhere. I've never shot lightning, and since i just got myself a new Canon 5D mark II i wanted to test it out. Also being on the 35th floor helped too.<br />Here are two frames i managed to capture of the lightning in the Dubai skies.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-14083383849255667342009-04-02T10:30:00.005+03:002009-04-02T10:49:11.074+03:00B-Boys in DubaiI was very luck to get the chance to attend a workshop with legendary magazine photographer <a href="http://www.joemcnally.com">Joe McNally </a>this week in Dubai. The workshop focused on lighting for portraits, and the wealth of information Joe shared with us was amazing.<br />If I had planned to have to shoot anything it would have been something to do with hip hop, and to my surprise our models where hip hop dancers from a local dance school in Dubai run by Mofdi, a Moroccan/French choreographer . Here are my favorite images I made during the workshop.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">All I said was "Jump" and Mofdi did.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqUCH1BBJSdoyOSW7BY4yzA8DKNRr8XU6LyJ9gAZN0r_jFrk1Q3ukhMtLXgsGGpknnitQiQvQJOONxdRb8qJ7yNqfsfdcbaTVNwQJQTURSYfYPOFJ4whPrTnitKpwA2GXVPVovA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090331_16551.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyqUCH1BBJSdoyOSW7BY4yzA8DKNRr8XU6LyJ9gAZN0r_jFrk1Q3ukhMtLXgsGGpknnitQiQvQJOONxdRb8qJ7yNqfsfdcbaTVNwQJQTURSYfYPOFJ4whPrTnitKpwA2GXVPVovA/s400/LMd20_20090331_16551.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319993841336381730" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mofdi and Titiana</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAH4kdrtwGvyxrFvb141SxZVur0Al6deNzRhaIbVd5xOhh9zAKmXikLpbilZ8a0ZWrBCpzpETKUH5lsFPaqpU4Nf9-sFwwXbf1x4sd42AoskiAnFMfxIF3grk9sRQXcYCKD_3tdg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090401_16640.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAH4kdrtwGvyxrFvb141SxZVur0Al6deNzRhaIbVd5xOhh9zAKmXikLpbilZ8a0ZWrBCpzpETKUH5lsFPaqpU4Nf9-sFwwXbf1x4sd42AoskiAnFMfxIF3grk9sRQXcYCKD_3tdg/s400/LMd20_20090401_16640.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319993851688023250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mofdi shot with one of the nicest lenses I've used, the canon 85mm 1.2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lKbpR_IDm6nIezRMQuZSuIBrb5-7agvgMNncnas3q9OV8NBhJ9rXGSnpTAenpX40vvO-zPA8TtxaksfA0XKBetbc-7ni1XOepiuCDfzUrQZmLi-e5LBgjLpRwCSLMDmgi3VgqQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090401_16683.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lKbpR_IDm6nIezRMQuZSuIBrb5-7agvgMNncnas3q9OV8NBhJ9rXGSnpTAenpX40vvO-zPA8TtxaksfA0XKBetbc-7ni1XOepiuCDfzUrQZmLi-e5LBgjLpRwCSLMDmgi3VgqQ/s400/LMd20_20090401_16683.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319993853150548658" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Omar from Algeria is another dancer in the group.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm70s_vM3woYhuEnihvVgNWh_jJfFADeKeAxLc9p53v2RJ4niIGRloRbEnOryS1nLMGHTUZN0nYYRSNpY7WmwE5k_81nL4vRDw4Ty5xx-02tGBK9H1hqrJU-IAGXf-z1CcvII6tA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090401_16851.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm70s_vM3woYhuEnihvVgNWh_jJfFADeKeAxLc9p53v2RJ4niIGRloRbEnOryS1nLMGHTUZN0nYYRSNpY7WmwE5k_81nL4vRDw4Ty5xx-02tGBK9H1hqrJU-IAGXf-z1CcvII6tA/s400/LMd20_20090401_16851.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319995302451268082" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Carol <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-95ZyOWCmAIQX3kpyqgNde0oNp7rVnJJoXvqanTTTD201-2WeDMUJsXcA0C9bnkUuYqoxFJpryZBh3XnxDt7Mvwa3wTf3P3Y75F8kZQWBi3CXHDrp8QR84TxASit8RPIt952CA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090401_16842.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-95ZyOWCmAIQX3kpyqgNde0oNp7rVnJJoXvqanTTTD201-2WeDMUJsXcA0C9bnkUuYqoxFJpryZBh3XnxDt7Mvwa3wTf3P3Y75F8kZQWBi3CXHDrp8QR84TxASit8RPIt952CA/s400/LMd20_20090401_16842.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319994610378103570" border="0" /></a><br />Joe shooting a group portrait with our dance group.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCYO7BbkktC9exUS837btdFB6y6hL0FbqCFSG06gJ_QjNxBMGTzEV9vr4flFb22gS74dMcDoLOSsWpPEG6xdOhdHEQWV2eL7tLhRXYe25fciWmq_e4ddflfCdpsDAiYRvKiGTdQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090401_16792.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCYO7BbkktC9exUS837btdFB6y6hL0FbqCFSG06gJ_QjNxBMGTzEV9vr4flFb22gS74dMcDoLOSsWpPEG6xdOhdHEQWV2eL7tLhRXYe25fciWmq_e4ddflfCdpsDAiYRvKiGTdQ/s400/LMd20_20090401_16792.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319993853967295506" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Next I'm off to Cairo for a photojournalism workshop...stay tuned.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-69125399125708714142009-02-25T19:01:00.004+02:002009-02-26T10:03:45.215+02:00Going Panoramic in Cairo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr4gZDjwnx3mnw2HrnToKuUPyHG1RO-G4ACyXV2gm489SeOne_EE6pROu9V59xKuBEPLc67Lb9Zgye6-WdKU24cbYgYK1LclkEhbbDC1aFef3mZ_q0LxyiQNRhToii928zruj7Q/s1600-h/24190016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOr4gZDjwnx3mnw2HrnToKuUPyHG1RO-G4ACyXV2gm489SeOne_EE6pROu9V59xKuBEPLc67Lb9Zgye6-WdKU24cbYgYK1LclkEhbbDC1aFef3mZ_q0LxyiQNRhToii928zruj7Q/s400/24190016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306781958549222066" border="0" /></a>My latest camera purchase has been a widelux panoramic film camera. A couple of posts ago i shared the photography work of actor Jeff Bridges, who uses one on the sets of the movies he acts in. Here are select images from the first roll of film i shot with the camera. Cairo is a great place for street photography, i'll be posting more pics from my Cairo trip very soon.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHciLKRKQOkM7S8nZzwMPOkQEpAp4-9Ny37Raxfpe4WPHixkXN8ueXdRYUfgw3FudvKe6JLBwFMLVoXAG3PClmUlEt_D-DX0IYl4FUBmq38PEHd8Wq_8Yj1ekGej71efPV6upEw/s1600-h/24190009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiHciLKRKQOkM7S8nZzwMPOkQEpAp4-9Ny37Raxfpe4WPHixkXN8ueXdRYUfgw3FudvKe6JLBwFMLVoXAG3PClmUlEt_D-DX0IYl4FUBmq38PEHd8Wq_8Yj1ekGej71efPV6upEw/s400/24190009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306781955816297346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgcTtMGut7l973DJ-krziYTEoBMM6kheJSX_3dc5cWYELPBn31KzzNwHOK5LdlMijFafKiuxXXEaueguiL0BH1DIXjSWZGtwvluaLkXAAM3NMrzgK1oUUNBfJAbJ5ZirKEXY1qg/s1600-h/24190008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgcTtMGut7l973DJ-krziYTEoBMM6kheJSX_3dc5cWYELPBn31KzzNwHOK5LdlMijFafKiuxXXEaueguiL0BH1DIXjSWZGtwvluaLkXAAM3NMrzgK1oUUNBfJAbJ5ZirKEXY1qg/s400/24190008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306781945654900578" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsD9TmIdaUmirLe5GBDhaPDfoVp99oKu8s6_vPj1405e4XLzVjSA8lQ3UC0uuJCK7ycgMGYzK1JvKRXxvCMRv8G5ccfiMO-AsULcxDEhIQFsN1eVXKwOMKFyMFfdaXMBC7pEStg/s1600-h/24190007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsD9TmIdaUmirLe5GBDhaPDfoVp99oKu8s6_vPj1405e4XLzVjSA8lQ3UC0uuJCK7ycgMGYzK1JvKRXxvCMRv8G5ccfiMO-AsULcxDEhIQFsN1eVXKwOMKFyMFfdaXMBC7pEStg/s400/24190007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306781941432741986" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2bfKzUTOk8Y0-wjY2PokyRzq-6om63lXNrpzDs5cZ4ICIAd0067XzwcJ6eNMotGgPV0l6UuOqs9eCdrYpFM1d9fQXpAlXFujf_rl_SZ3VXj_87Ne1xkWyleIzXQcNPPcxiOcfA/s1600-h/24190004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv2bfKzUTOk8Y0-wjY2PokyRzq-6om63lXNrpzDs5cZ4ICIAd0067XzwcJ6eNMotGgPV0l6UuOqs9eCdrYpFM1d9fQXpAlXFujf_rl_SZ3VXj_87Ne1xkWyleIzXQcNPPcxiOcfA/s400/24190004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306781936207657730" border="0" /></a>Next panoramic series will be from Beirut which i'm off to in a couple of hours for a magazine assignment.<br /><br />* Make sure you click on the pics to see them large.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-16912187395000634112009-02-05T12:19:00.003+02:002009-02-05T19:01:55.542+02:00While in Beirut...In 2008 i think i went to Beirut 5 or 6 times, the city is magical and is one of my favorite places to shoot. The textures, the buildings, the passion of the people all make it a great city. Here are a couple of images from a recent trip to Beirut.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ashrafieh at night</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhx7NOaWKp83JqJIDQTDIjiAqwDEoE5z6U7FFAuBAMqLkPtixMVXQ2W6W5aG4j03yGspiNRfFE4HFHzEvgzxQnA-XRC3q1lFy0e8HK_IwnhrdQhyZgEPJeVEmItIu3KQFjUvmVA/s1600-h/17880019.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFhx7NOaWKp83JqJIDQTDIjiAqwDEoE5z6U7FFAuBAMqLkPtixMVXQ2W6W5aG4j03yGspiNRfFE4HFHzEvgzxQnA-XRC3q1lFy0e8HK_IwnhrdQhyZgEPJeVEmItIu3KQFjUvmVA/s400/17880019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299357641260583842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The view from my friend's roof, far in the distance are the docks.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZphP_3Qz6qDcc5Rr8r2hZKkTiaZ_6WXh6i2JzLfbdsUjefluz3M2WZ_BaGXcAVbZ3LPq3IZEoU7yEY_XZ3ZThsrV9bflWE4Cp7FSfh9vmO2k5DIubDkvSyfNBxO-McoXQS0kk-w/s1600-h/17880015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZphP_3Qz6qDcc5Rr8r2hZKkTiaZ_6WXh6i2JzLfbdsUjefluz3M2WZ_BaGXcAVbZ3LPq3IZEoU7yEY_XZ3ZThsrV9bflWE4Cp7FSfh9vmO2k5DIubDkvSyfNBxO-McoXQS0kk-w/s400/17880015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299357637578767442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"Boos il wawa" by Um Kulthoum</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl11fMdpx-GFZG_K-rMvf63IPlv16OM0CsGOI-Y9hGj84tSFm5OFHRV80EXa6MTxsDb-48U10F2GcPy-qgqOl7fmKjBaURMoJ6SglxstQuLX4xzTiSTahURfQ8E26B6OecAwzHMQ/s1600-h/17880010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl11fMdpx-GFZG_K-rMvf63IPlv16OM0CsGOI-Y9hGj84tSFm5OFHRV80EXa6MTxsDb-48U10F2GcPy-qgqOl7fmKjBaURMoJ6SglxstQuLX4xzTiSTahURfQ8E26B6OecAwzHMQ/s400/17880010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299357631474793714" border="0" /></a>I really like this , love the pattern created by the bars and the pants.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69TSDqbMg_v1ZziGrISt8WFIVqnxtLNM41YJ_0zWXtdMrSlkktBKv8Jg1vuvVpsF7cHRUqsUmLzYazPtl-81cUvbIQ5b33cWHB0QMDqrxc80HvZEWc744OECx3qsCPO-G8n8yzQ/s1600-h/17880007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69TSDqbMg_v1ZziGrISt8WFIVqnxtLNM41YJ_0zWXtdMrSlkktBKv8Jg1vuvVpsF7cHRUqsUmLzYazPtl-81cUvbIQ5b33cWHB0QMDqrxc80HvZEWc744OECx3qsCPO-G8n8yzQ/s400/17880007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299357629937904354" border="0" /></a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-76331811440450651392009-02-04T14:30:00.004+02:002009-02-04T18:00:08.437+02:00While in Paris...A while ago i got to develop a big amount of film going back to october 2008, in the next couple of posts im going to try and post some of the images i took in the places i visited since.<br />Starting with Paris...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaMk8W51Ipdod1lhbKdVjmyO8pTD291xDyKxhu4tYN0qqMUMqThic-GLN4l6RQG6PkTCz5abe8MVA87w3AN0qtiwm6fJPwB96CjwE3KPEy4_WBhkfy9ZQ_7Wsy4KHazt6rCR2mQ/s1600-h/17950029.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaMk8W51Ipdod1lhbKdVjmyO8pTD291xDyKxhu4tYN0qqMUMqThic-GLN4l6RQG6PkTCz5abe8MVA87w3AN0qtiwm6fJPwB96CjwE3KPEy4_WBhkfy9ZQ_7Wsy4KHazt6rCR2mQ/s400/17950029.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298971906244195074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-fXuF2rRxrSbiibFTOp1HhWPe7O1FUv_jt-KBRH8yazrWa_85ICehtcUAGGVNmsTT7RLvYChYDswiYNl2AVW030EuSYNZkAwmTMnFCuXOQ6XizLb4YArJ-UmuJGCOsN9oqZG2g/s1600-h/17950025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB-fXuF2rRxrSbiibFTOp1HhWPe7O1FUv_jt-KBRH8yazrWa_85ICehtcUAGGVNmsTT7RLvYChYDswiYNl2AVW030EuSYNZkAwmTMnFCuXOQ6XizLb4YArJ-UmuJGCOsN9oqZG2g/s400/17950025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298971157300882978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZmEBy3ogPe5bXM2kkWwYqS1wD0XhJkayE6PTYYDbtkuzAmOd50dVPOS0frrq1SUPPzznbQya6GrGfbIxLG17vGsUV2Z6RZZZ9DbuJKpno9qKGR7CvPoDPz9Dl3tPQxfa2ifHotQ/s1600-h/17950020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2mk5RGRLxjXay7bJ-zIq32fKx_3uYCjNpWIAAoH70url7nAgkvwCk9xUlawv93aIbEUjNSUgUKE5nS2q-FRazN5eTNQ7biUZME_ABWtJ4_t-vVdlx1cbBPAwh8-RZ0hEpgWDMg/s400/17950003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298971150082287058" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTKwtKFBn7sBLkehyhnPHoW_1eCuPcJYmiKhZtahRonfuHpcioYi1JlzttnusOC2nMof15OYFG_uiAXmcCsxFZ33qDqGS4Yhxumaw-5SjDJipPCcl3hF0jh6qcchINc9Ac6ICow/s1600-h/17950002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTKwtKFBn7sBLkehyhnPHoW_1eCuPcJYmiKhZtahRonfuHpcioYi1JlzttnusOC2nMof15OYFG_uiAXmcCsxFZ33qDqGS4Yhxumaw-5SjDJipPCcl3hF0jh6qcchINc9Ac6ICow/s400/17950002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298971148499910546" border="0" /></a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-76048172149559108612009-01-26T18:42:00.003+02:002009-01-28T00:23:54.209+02:00Vote for me in the Play & Orange talent competition<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7Vm2wQ1bJI&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/s7Vm2wQ1bJI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Dear friends and readers of the blog<br /><br />As some of you know for the past year I have been shooting a photography book documenting the culture of Arabic Hip Hop around the world. I've gotten to travel to many places and the scope of the book has been growing since. I have shot hip hop artists from refugee camps in Beirut to performances and access to world famous groups such as Wu-Tang Clan all in the context of Arab hip hop. Yet I still have about a year and a half worth of shooting to do.<br /><br />A radio station in Jordan in association with orange are doing a local talent competition with an award of $10,000 US, all you need to do is send a quick email and vote for me, if i get to win, this will allow me to continue working on the project since i paid for the whole past year from my own pocket, and it does get draining.<br /><br />All you need to do is send an email to vote@play.jo and say that you vote for laith majali. If you live in jordan you can sms 0777-102020 and write laith majali in the text.<br /><br /><a href="http://play.jo/talents/cat/5">Here is my profile on the contest's site.</a><br /><br />Above is a slide-show showing select images from the project so far, watch it in high quality if you can.<br /><br />Spread the word.<br /><br />Thanks again for your support<br /><br />Laith Al-MajaliLaithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-28686728493100683182009-01-20T22:21:00.004+02:002009-01-21T14:52:04.418+02:00In the spirt of changeI've had about 25 rolls of film I shot since October that I just had the chance to scan. While going through the negatives I found images I shot during my visit to Elon in North Carolina at the time of the US presidential elections. So since yesterday was the day Obama got inaugurated i thought it would be good to post a number of these images.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The voting in the town took place at the fire station.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4a6igPhLgqqBU_vywiK5SR82p2faTuwF7u16lpPRuJ6CyPHIzrPQANM42dQotNz5qjUrVbjT5KW0QKQ0IV1NO2c3E1LtrHuFVlYSSnYz0i3-2t67fex4EctRwYCdy8YgeOFJEw/s1600-h/17900004_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4a6igPhLgqqBU_vywiK5SR82p2faTuwF7u16lpPRuJ6CyPHIzrPQANM42dQotNz5qjUrVbjT5KW0QKQ0IV1NO2c3E1LtrHuFVlYSSnYz0i3-2t67fex4EctRwYCdy8YgeOFJEw/s400/17900004_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293495166704999314" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I shot the cover of USA Today throughout my stay</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlE9cTQRZJKO01sjCRJaHM6Kpcm3wO9BPvuihf_W9nDnd6YBrLimDydwjnaNdjt8c_ShcO0zYPxrUl4RVMZC7aEkj_GRxH-fhapUqgP2lyoMgF4h18Gh0mZNdiwoOTtTOnc9l7og/s1600-h/17900006_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlE9cTQRZJKO01sjCRJaHM6Kpcm3wO9BPvuihf_W9nDnd6YBrLimDydwjnaNdjt8c_ShcO0zYPxrUl4RVMZC7aEkj_GRxH-fhapUqgP2lyoMgF4h18Gh0mZNdiwoOTtTOnc9l7og/s400/17900006_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293495169110397234" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgHRzT6FpRGwtyp-dY8c7q1HQxLglgl-aCHxy0ml8pd3jbRTcVO0A7MZ5T32sFndFvTeBxjsQnn2vNnv2Z2Zh3Av-otw1RCLe-gaxPaKHKXWYtzsmkflcHemdBV6FdazTkOlMNw/s1600-h/17900014_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgHRzT6FpRGwtyp-dY8c7q1HQxLglgl-aCHxy0ml8pd3jbRTcVO0A7MZ5T32sFndFvTeBxjsQnn2vNnv2Z2Zh3Av-otw1RCLe-gaxPaKHKXWYtzsmkflcHemdBV6FdazTkOlMNw/s400/17900014_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293495173658878658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwknfalGElFMJHyVDhHMgr1nH9BBTujs-aCXInlekQrJio0F9SDfLPydm4Z9zm84kITbSU8t3OFVFykwF6L2Eib58ofRVhw9P2Oy4LNPnlpnGfP47EXZMAdITPVHYxY7emKnCMg/s1600-h/17900028_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXwknfalGElFMJHyVDhHMgr1nH9BBTujs-aCXInlekQrJio0F9SDfLPydm4Z9zm84kITbSU8t3OFVFykwF6L2Eib58ofRVhw9P2Oy4LNPnlpnGfP47EXZMAdITPVHYxY7emKnCMg/s400/17900028_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293499360244543538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"...mass migratioin to mexico, luxemborg." A what if cover of Elon University's student paper The Pendulum</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGrsop-CNtIi5AppFA-MtM5LBPmIJsrFdhehKpnxlbcOKNJpyCQtcuQa__NWpuUZfYRS-dPRMJfWYrM5wThuZjLucHIVSWRxO1a6674reHEy2GasR07mSGwXAjbcN0sCVQhmpoA/s1600-h/17900025_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGrsop-CNtIi5AppFA-MtM5LBPmIJsrFdhehKpnxlbcOKNJpyCQtcuQa__NWpuUZfYRS-dPRMJfWYrM5wThuZjLucHIVSWRxO1a6674reHEy2GasR07mSGwXAjbcN0sCVQhmpoA/s400/17900025_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293495176872824914" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />The cover of the Pendulum the day after the elections</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIMhvJi6QnKS_e3VLEuzV6-PTwKHYTaMzGFO53yCsyW12HI-7X1QvsMWpdj9TtFo6IX5Fu9KYd3iDapD6pvTNTfQpN3eSMQf9x4bFc_cM84kvgtVw0MGgFM9uIybQGqtu2vcG4g/s1600-h/17900026_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRIMhvJi6QnKS_e3VLEuzV6-PTwKHYTaMzGFO53yCsyW12HI-7X1QvsMWpdj9TtFo6IX5Fu9KYd3iDapD6pvTNTfQpN3eSMQf9x4bFc_cM84kvgtVw0MGgFM9uIybQGqtu2vcG4g/s400/17900026_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293499351855593714" border="0" /></a><br />"Change has come"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbCBgt8MO1z4UthT0JjTapi2z96lH4oVYvo7HPNZjSvLCcp1JGuTZK7T8diUkCFTM_cXxYA0K_K5xawWzk6mCmaZtZYtABjOQSCCidwLcTDwUyVUh6fWEHbeYjwUqD4-FJdQRWQ/s1600-h/17900027_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbCBgt8MO1z4UthT0JjTapi2z96lH4oVYvo7HPNZjSvLCcp1JGuTZK7T8diUkCFTM_cXxYA0K_K5xawWzk6mCmaZtZYtABjOQSCCidwLcTDwUyVUh6fWEHbeYjwUqD4-FJdQRWQ/s400/17900027_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293499362144084978" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">shot the tv while watching the elections.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CetGr22PGpcK1HyGSyxoIGTauJbMBw-O_PoL5pviSLejp9Bd18QsUSo9qxeWnaSDqmtGT72eVY3WyONOHNZoxNQ46Skvp6nVK5dNyjeFNZnGOTHDqmHKQq9K0YCAKUna_ppsJg/s1600-h/17900012_marked_marked.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CetGr22PGpcK1HyGSyxoIGTauJbMBw-O_PoL5pviSLejp9Bd18QsUSo9qxeWnaSDqmtGT72eVY3WyONOHNZoxNQ46Skvp6nVK5dNyjeFNZnGOTHDqmHKQq9K0YCAKUna_ppsJg/s400/17900012_marked_marked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293495168849432642" border="0" /></a></div>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-51426547333608831162009-01-10T02:37:00.000+02:002009-01-10T14:50:52.813+02:00Images from the Gaza Protest in Amman 9th JanThe great photographer James Nachtway once said "<span class="QuoteText">I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.</span>"<br />While shooting the anti-Israeli protest in Amman that quote was bouncing in my head. This was like no shoot I have done yet, I got a very mild taste of what conflict photographers experience while making pictures that are historical testimonies to what happens in our world.<br />The protest was peaceful for the most of it until it got a bit heated with the police and the protesters started throwing shoes, rocks and whatever was within hands reach.<br />The police reacted with tear gas and batons and pushed the protesters down the street. We got heavy with gas, women, children and men were running away affected by the gas, some took shelter in a close by mosque.<br />I still don't believe I captured images like these on the streets of Amman.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">"No to an embassy, no to an ambassador, no relations with Israel."</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRWYzJdPOVPIXk574Dc7vOkWOFtOECFb96yvnSMtBt8on3Rh358BkBu1DVh7-s71vD3Gv77f0IMxwtqbrIBp3xNbXFLCzUMEx9fvD76n3gdbv_f4P08wQoaMjnETK2xCreWgymA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8022.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRWYzJdPOVPIXk574Dc7vOkWOFtOECFb96yvnSMtBt8on3Rh358BkBu1DVh7-s71vD3Gv77f0IMxwtqbrIBp3xNbXFLCzUMEx9fvD76n3gdbv_f4P08wQoaMjnETK2xCreWgymA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289619425160565938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The Venezuelan flag and a picture of Chavez made an appearance.<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnKL0NT72z978ygbb5xPkeRi-b4B6mjMV-sq17cOUfAjj6QQTyUwjltmB69o4HngHILGzpSmJj49_LbryfmfMhMJWyKC6vYUn6HX0abc03ykpxLpYTXrLqAyk9yPT9JZpx_Gswg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnKL0NT72z978ygbb5xPkeRi-b4B6mjMV-sq17cOUfAjj6QQTyUwjltmB69o4HngHILGzpSmJj49_LbryfmfMhMJWyKC6vYUn6HX0abc03ykpxLpYTXrLqAyk9yPT9JZpx_Gswg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289619421299215986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">One of the big flags at the protest</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvwfm5RiyXiQ9R6C6pwHtg5TdpqiyI5UnhJPYW7wPCXpMijEvxOpLPFndSb7sJyS7uBI5fNLWwtFfXEI2EsF-o6F9lWAEN6hq3zpwVrXzv2tBBwVdLeommEpKG0bkfJ-408AiYA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvwfm5RiyXiQ9R6C6pwHtg5TdpqiyI5UnhJPYW7wPCXpMijEvxOpLPFndSb7sJyS7uBI5fNLWwtFfXEI2EsF-o6F9lWAEN6hq3zpwVrXzv2tBBwVdLeommEpKG0bkfJ-408AiYA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289619419802536082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Saddam made an appearance too</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAtRGT1trjcAo2N48_f77yni6xsr38P6xVtl3Nxl2aIVMQp5CYq-ZMifIy09Vv_Wmxd6P3sOnjXWxCSIeOW2XAJa47beVlrtYAia5n5bW2mK9lCg0PlFlYXILlTs6db4GSd_4Hw/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8135.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMAtRGT1trjcAo2N48_f77yni6xsr38P6xVtl3Nxl2aIVMQp5CYq-ZMifIy09Vv_Wmxd6P3sOnjXWxCSIeOW2XAJa47beVlrtYAia5n5bW2mK9lCg0PlFlYXILlTs6db4GSd_4Hw/s400/LMd20_20090109_8135.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289619414592857554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A father and his two kids in the tribute graveyard next to the protest</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYmkdaRWj_WHLWmjfKVpry_7pvtazXhDZ_cJrQ3f1MUzUuGIiqt_ayLyabnSor97HNWcvQHnY8GsXyhOilf12lw9ugotgEOQxKnMte7uu8NoDpoq6a6zMJEjcDQL6m8rEzSyg9g/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8167.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUYmkdaRWj_WHLWmjfKVpry_7pvtazXhDZ_cJrQ3f1MUzUuGIiqt_ayLyabnSor97HNWcvQHnY8GsXyhOilf12lw9ugotgEOQxKnMte7uu8NoDpoq6a6zMJEjcDQL6m8rEzSyg9g/s400/LMd20_20090109_8167.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289619412409343826" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Alone in the midst of the tribute graveyard</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FNa2hHBueIP04dMKkLbXEbiCLs7AXawrpXao13eIjG4ooa2xMHXkSCIdoZnNmpveGDZrt5lIS-64mbwhp_2Qfo4cM0Zg3HpaJeBSe7fKKNaHBQkKKgJt49aOXQDE0E0k-_2KHQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5FNa2hHBueIP04dMKkLbXEbiCLs7AXawrpXao13eIjG4ooa2xMHXkSCIdoZnNmpveGDZrt5lIS-64mbwhp_2Qfo4cM0Zg3HpaJeBSe7fKKNaHBQkKKgJt49aOXQDE0E0k-_2KHQ/s400/LMd20_20090109_8173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289618621991400818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The Israeli flag burned</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7hqDFaTbl2624zpYhBljhohicjwMjjjnP7OyxnR0EP0ONMzV1dQc-zk3tFwnQc6gg_yQ1AwAiCKUMj_ZzdraaoJnfXAfbOptgT1ticCzMcOpNQujvv7rw57Rrt70NshsG-Whhg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8233.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7hqDFaTbl2624zpYhBljhohicjwMjjjnP7OyxnR0EP0ONMzV1dQc-zk3tFwnQc6gg_yQ1AwAiCKUMj_ZzdraaoJnfXAfbOptgT1ticCzMcOpNQujvv7rw57Rrt70NshsG-Whhg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8233.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289618633127691042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Kids running away as things got heated up</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNeeIAoYtQWs24DYey1QyW9Kjv2Z9AV5olKzyZ8Rxl8Dt2xxsT-ZSQdfiG2kWCLmT7U7AH8HiFRh2YFeiHDqhXN8KC4E3FD17pphoWTKOfwu_HSNqkgNmCEsyVZhOIZVpTFmZOg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8203.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNeeIAoYtQWs24DYey1QyW9Kjv2Z9AV5olKzyZ8Rxl8Dt2xxsT-ZSQdfiG2kWCLmT7U7AH8HiFRh2YFeiHDqhXN8KC4E3FD17pphoWTKOfwu_HSNqkgNmCEsyVZhOIZVpTFmZOg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8203.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289618629026043730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A general scene of the protest</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tMa0vKSD_lNvcSGiIMniOtLUBFrht270_w7vST6Ojk1ojvtL7d_RJ7FslPa-zboY8FnphOJGi3kCxi1MsBZ-SLiKlEyehC4cg0AlqgRT55Wr1tQMLggGjFyhxwELRZMj7gMGdg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8189.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tMa0vKSD_lNvcSGiIMniOtLUBFrht270_w7vST6Ojk1ojvtL7d_RJ7FslPa-zboY8FnphOJGi3kCxi1MsBZ-SLiKlEyehC4cg0AlqgRT55Wr1tQMLggGjFyhxwELRZMj7gMGdg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289618626790091682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">She stood in silence as the men prayed in the midst of the protest</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjuG5PVdZ2i2DnblPL_NYKHj5IOtZ1R7SH-wlqUCySF6ysjA7ispZuyr4O3nW4blKJkWw_hMh_2PdsV4qvgeMmhBKmw6TCCZSZICGhumERpRqw8Y4ZQuM5_aQY8I0pyhhGJg8nQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8300.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjuG5PVdZ2i2DnblPL_NYKHj5IOtZ1R7SH-wlqUCySF6ysjA7ispZuyr4O3nW4blKJkWw_hMh_2PdsV4qvgeMmhBKmw6TCCZSZICGhumERpRqw8Y4ZQuM5_aQY8I0pyhhGJg8nQ/s400/LMd20_20090109_8300.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289618633970799602" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The riot police stood firm and their leaders controlled them well </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ-RXWCUksPjX4-xCln60T37B6K5ut84A1ucIJyp7sZ2cXfBSTjUHRxjWnniTUcijVv67C-gBX6DUy0sHx9s7BH0oUkXPmCQz-7q6kTOXp040VTzBv_ywHQkIN8h2JFjAmBiuBQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8353.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJ-RXWCUksPjX4-xCln60T37B6K5ut84A1ucIJyp7sZ2cXfBSTjUHRxjWnniTUcijVv67C-gBX6DUy0sHx9s7BH0oUkXPmCQz-7q6kTOXp040VTzBv_ywHQkIN8h2JFjAmBiuBQ/s400/LMd20_20090109_8353.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289602211821184370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The protesters also helped in keeping order</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2NfE_hQaQTnwNnQq4vkugStg9LB3MTjH8WbArMEV1yJT3yplfrNd8rqly5xX4MFxp2Hv18Ml1m6S9TZdYiB03xooGQuRVScex1lqjNHcUStozo-qcn3RGbrsbdHIJRaSRY4EPA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8360.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn2NfE_hQaQTnwNnQq4vkugStg9LB3MTjH8WbArMEV1yJT3yplfrNd8rqly5xX4MFxp2Hv18Ml1m6S9TZdYiB03xooGQuRVScex1lqjNHcUStozo-qcn3RGbrsbdHIJRaSRY4EPA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8360.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289602210528416066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A strong line of riot police kept the protesters from moving on</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiYroU2hn99PostCNukk0ToP5HUDsbOPKikmCP_W6i6T5W-lj-4o11n-LwnKY_xrEl8c57g4gMg87Lav3W_KJjzjSXIkn7Xbm1H28NVPe4qpCHPzmvGwwvMF3IpYSd-cYtSY0zw/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8389.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiYroU2hn99PostCNukk0ToP5HUDsbOPKikmCP_W6i6T5W-lj-4o11n-LwnKY_xrEl8c57g4gMg87Lav3W_KJjzjSXIkn7Xbm1H28NVPe4qpCHPzmvGwwvMF3IpYSd-cYtSY0zw/s400/LMd20_20090109_8389.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289602207035024994" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">I was trying to get as close as possible to the first line of the protest</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZR6yhWT9qXlEny2i_ASRmU5JRe15qzGYUXAZLi2obh20DHYF1J6-rVjiDkA4KnrrYlKzTGxtNQFlGH6nzgJU1XYY8RUxdEdyepmdT9P9lPeZmQETyt7Ao6BgxfKDnpXvJNdg_Q/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8396.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZR6yhWT9qXlEny2i_ASRmU5JRe15qzGYUXAZLi2obh20DHYF1J6-rVjiDkA4KnrrYlKzTGxtNQFlGH6nzgJU1XYY8RUxdEdyepmdT9P9lPeZmQETyt7Ao6BgxfKDnpXvJNdg_Q/s400/LMd20_20090109_8396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289602206507604594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">As the violence started a woman moving away from the protest area</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNw2GPjhWh3PH9bsrK3v7cFqJ4ntQMV0a0i9_Y4a1TbaQwXpVQzaI2u9-23lMwT9j1Yj97qLuQXSZZSHH7BE5Mpaks18_m1bpP-M2nhthBwPFwhCZfBFEtGIeC1WItEGlHM9R-g/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8449.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNw2GPjhWh3PH9bsrK3v7cFqJ4ntQMV0a0i9_Y4a1TbaQwXpVQzaI2u9-23lMwT9j1Yj97qLuQXSZZSHH7BE5Mpaks18_m1bpP-M2nhthBwPFwhCZfBFEtGIeC1WItEGlHM9R-g/s400/LMd20_20090109_8449.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289602208996401874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The police shield themselves from rocks</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxkLnlOQI82n0mPFe0oHOpyITziwiHfTi3IDM7-zeLLJBRbfEX5vZfYnNyMY9dlXC5v0NCiY_yMt2J9AlrbCZ_3W9-niamFCux3CTY4joO133lQl3T_k3OOfeqM8ghelrve-8ug/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8470.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxkLnlOQI82n0mPFe0oHOpyITziwiHfTi3IDM7-zeLLJBRbfEX5vZfYnNyMY9dlXC5v0NCiY_yMt2J9AlrbCZ_3W9-niamFCux3CTY4joO133lQl3T_k3OOfeqM8ghelrve-8ug/s400/LMd20_20090109_8470.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289599208427109634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">As the tear gas was dispensed the effects where felt by all</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgW5qqsFlWmAPvdImb3ytN1rZ9pujQPmc3lhWmw10LZ1m6I4gAjSfbTq_5wxkoZDp2hE1UOcWMQVw9p1_593P-2QKU6-kr-DsDHmcmOoijn4AEeTugrvreGFuGS3gYH4ipbrxhg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8483.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgW5qqsFlWmAPvdImb3ytN1rZ9pujQPmc3lhWmw10LZ1m6I4gAjSfbTq_5wxkoZDp2hE1UOcWMQVw9p1_593P-2QKU6-kr-DsDHmcmOoijn4AEeTugrvreGFuGS3gYH4ipbrxhg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8483.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289599213407645506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Onions were used as a way to soften the effect of the gas</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigUOe4A5QwZE_GPL59CnYsgWYNPnJmfU2SfZVWFj5BUuMCffyxHEcvbe0BGbOVQR8caosLaogt0Z0kE0IRzbyP-hfJu9r2MGaJJ0vgvHLfAMZTA0uG_GXD40WBqYMHIVH8_XjSA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8495.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigUOe4A5QwZE_GPL59CnYsgWYNPnJmfU2SfZVWFj5BUuMCffyxHEcvbe0BGbOVQR8caosLaogt0Z0kE0IRzbyP-hfJu9r2MGaJJ0vgvHLfAMZTA0uG_GXD40WBqYMHIVH8_XjSA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8495.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289599213240899250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The police also used water canons</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-R3a-cR9caAKoo6GV55031w-WqE-4Ksgncm1DCUa-iaMuC6Q4B11DMhh89hTyzE3H4E3c9TYQ2n6YYkZfAckda-9J4M2YTjxg_WiWYb34Yw76SEX9zYuOad4RfJlqhbcfNiHmA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8525.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg-R3a-cR9caAKoo6GV55031w-WqE-4Ksgncm1DCUa-iaMuC6Q4B11DMhh89hTyzE3H4E3c9TYQ2n6YYkZfAckda-9J4M2YTjxg_WiWYb34Yw76SEX9zYuOad4RfJlqhbcfNiHmA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8525.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289599217228254162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">One of the injured men</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd81znPkrh_cRdg0rtqWvjSPlM97hKkZwEWRqRuS09HckZY2VMkb6yi1WW7xQMIkORDAks2hBGQ44vFxJcoKMDDcXqEpcrEsRpI6hnoTdU2El4M97N2WvbE3cXJMFYBr63RufSA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8558.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd81znPkrh_cRdg0rtqWvjSPlM97hKkZwEWRqRuS09HckZY2VMkb6yi1WW7xQMIkORDAks2hBGQ44vFxJcoKMDDcXqEpcrEsRpI6hnoTdU2El4M97N2WvbE3cXJMFYBr63RufSA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8558.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289599219551270770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A line of police gets some rest</span><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iyElNKQD5fNELnzlM_YsakxsGQkjOr5DsP1_i6UvgmPtQ9kvUCroqxE21ufUqRFKAU0ErNWzyslgr-XGA46ts6CbIuWtQh74kP0GZXLrR-32KWmMcb_1_svVznfcj2IU1bYzZg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8621.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1iyElNKQD5fNELnzlM_YsakxsGQkjOr5DsP1_i6UvgmPtQ9kvUCroqxE21ufUqRFKAU0ErNWzyslgr-XGA46ts6CbIuWtQh74kP0GZXLrR-32KWmMcb_1_svVznfcj2IU1bYzZg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8621.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289595076009904786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A protester holds a gas canister</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMurOxy2zp9ue6JrOO4pAQEwq0KIDR7XOx60ELLWFs3fTw55hIHoOxBOg-Zed9RD4WX0TU_LO4H8W33iK2lRAc7JcU5Itm_AmLo0u813WHXxldpd_nbxhIQv6-ScTKR5BcIZ4RSA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8599.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMurOxy2zp9ue6JrOO4pAQEwq0KIDR7XOx60ELLWFs3fTw55hIHoOxBOg-Zed9RD4WX0TU_LO4H8W33iK2lRAc7JcU5Itm_AmLo0u813WHXxldpd_nbxhIQv6-ScTKR5BcIZ4RSA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8599.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289595068158998290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">An injured man gets taken to a car</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXo4C7fs4rGTY-lQmLBrbFSw-dUTIasdMnC30LqWLU_ypT7rOzhb9IDkcX5Oosv5h3u93vrRPJgdRPWHaVuspUlojKY24E3b6ez1cGnt_5ffpaqMOai7DQ_YLEHTk78EnC6dJ1w/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8605.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtXo4C7fs4rGTY-lQmLBrbFSw-dUTIasdMnC30LqWLU_ypT7rOzhb9IDkcX5Oosv5h3u93vrRPJgdRPWHaVuspUlojKY24E3b6ez1cGnt_5ffpaqMOai7DQ_YLEHTk78EnC6dJ1w/s400/LMd20_20090109_8605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289595073509643538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Protesters put an injured man in a car</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPqdQJdwAGi-6ErK-kl39mixGt7yjEjlk1sYoA2D3RRUQlkgrk-zHlc4eSQruUL0b3n4VQ63TKIM64K7KQWTfzyMg1B35X6kAQtC_jTEmYgclzN1nL3sD_UttgJvK84UWyw4lAg/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8610.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyPqdQJdwAGi-6ErK-kl39mixGt7yjEjlk1sYoA2D3RRUQlkgrk-zHlc4eSQruUL0b3n4VQ63TKIM64K7KQWTfzyMg1B35X6kAQtC_jTEmYgclzN1nL3sD_UttgJvK84UWyw4lAg/s400/LMd20_20090109_8610.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289595072055212098" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Another injured man carried away</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMJ2R0L3aGlaUijMNzvpqJL_XeV11GOIS2v69Gf_z-5kKhHfWwNof4GN_yRtskCFrFlWdh8_hgLLz0mCpWltOZCBrtedQutbi6nZGvmWQLwRS8tdKZgGVD0_SAfwPNem0QVuW_Q/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8643.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhMJ2R0L3aGlaUijMNzvpqJL_XeV11GOIS2v69Gf_z-5kKhHfWwNof4GN_yRtskCFrFlWdh8_hgLLz0mCpWltOZCBrtedQutbi6nZGvmWQLwRS8tdKZgGVD0_SAfwPNem0QVuW_Q/s400/LMd20_20090109_8643.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289595078422509970" border="0" /></a>The protest area after clearing it</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVnZZqtTOlwWK-7qW5uu8CN7qzconO6p6UAuoFOE9L7QLroWTObYSBmdRfPRUVHiPVzW5Qbf1QAlHqCRN6byoPe6rUKFtIJVrgJlESdRyZDXjF9gaDNUC1mp3cEGwbOYfTCkrvw/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8647.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKVnZZqtTOlwWK-7qW5uu8CN7qzconO6p6UAuoFOE9L7QLroWTObYSBmdRfPRUVHiPVzW5Qbf1QAlHqCRN6byoPe6rUKFtIJVrgJlESdRyZDXjF9gaDNUC1mp3cEGwbOYfTCkrvw/s400/LMd20_20090109_8647.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289591914662511746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A tear gas canister is dispensed<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ajj_YtVS0JKK7XSM6fJ7v0M6pDj1Qjji046yCP4dQ6YATxFOkG8i0yG2z8Dg8URs5xriCKrG5u_aprjXfqwzb4Kl32FUGc2sd2D9Lag1GZErYn3ABYOHm44QeM7ky_BPoOuIbQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8665.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Ajj_YtVS0JKK7XSM6fJ7v0M6pDj1Qjji046yCP4dQ6YATxFOkG8i0yG2z8Dg8URs5xriCKrG5u_aprjXfqwzb4Kl32FUGc2sd2D9Lag1GZErYn3ABYOHm44QeM7ky_BPoOuIbQ/s400/LMd20_20090109_8665.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289591915908830242" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The rocks that were thrown damaged some cars in the area</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6USD5eE9r1YtnH2jKeaD8mmyVtzW-P7J7Qk-gdO-5zfM7EyVTT5WvQ26-DHeT6twUIKN-swH5awLDiGCUVPReSfo2WR7DfqYmwQyrYjLI-JlJHJdK7skJKJ-2teA7LzaJib9uA/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8674.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6USD5eE9r1YtnH2jKeaD8mmyVtzW-P7J7Qk-gdO-5zfM7EyVTT5WvQ26-DHeT6twUIKN-swH5awLDiGCUVPReSfo2WR7DfqYmwQyrYjLI-JlJHJdK7skJKJ-2teA7LzaJib9uA/s400/LMd20_20090109_8674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289591919689077634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Protesters throw stones at the police from atop houses</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QeKLAhoyt-1izzUca-fuEFVafes31jVQbba4XxNIDBRMU45hfG_shpgwZ6-UJvw3fovYfeOYavP_bzZIj0BCK0DfVOopuKjInwHqgoeJNd2C26B3ON9c48nQSr8TSWCI-d4zQQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8680.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0QeKLAhoyt-1izzUca-fuEFVafes31jVQbba4XxNIDBRMU45hfG_shpgwZ6-UJvw3fovYfeOYavP_bzZIj0BCK0DfVOopuKjInwHqgoeJNd2C26B3ON9c48nQSr8TSWCI-d4zQQ/s400/LMd20_20090109_8680.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289591920858514466" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The last image I took before leaving</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ2aF2rmi0P3nOrUnLx6UwL7is7iOKnuf07-J_FPJLnIdfafxxiIsycRa_cg7jM6cx9nDiyds-uNDVPesJ9gFl9H-EHyY8p_cW1IS1ZiM9FDkyhoOaezLtc-6oxqEYwi4AT94uQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20090109_8687.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYJ2aF2rmi0P3nOrUnLx6UwL7is7iOKnuf07-J_FPJLnIdfafxxiIsycRa_cg7jM6cx9nDiyds-uNDVPesJ9gFl9H-EHyY8p_cW1IS1ZiM9FDkyhoOaezLtc-6oxqEYwi4AT94uQ/s400/LMd20_20090109_8687.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289591924335865986" border="0" /></a>Should be developing the film pics soon, hopefully i'll get to post them.<br />A story featuring the pictures is posted on <a href="http://www.7iber.com/blog/2009/01/10/jordanian-protests-by-the-israeli-embassy-turn-ugly/">7iber.com</a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-65522840837268714862009-01-08T18:57:00.000+02:002009-01-08T19:01:38.557+02:00Portrait of Egyptian Comedian Ahmed Ahmed<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QtlP-SPZsIt5etya6VX2nTh6qgBf5eYc99AQRBxgRWe4r5te88ZIHl9ErQ79EKFglL9i1wostmg9QPjivxbolPVizxF_yTrugz0tJ2uKF7OkTWgUQGEqdkuXALndE7suj-fLzw/s1600-h/LMd20_20081216_5043~_marked.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7QtlP-SPZsIt5etya6VX2nTh6qgBf5eYc99AQRBxgRWe4r5te88ZIHl9ErQ79EKFglL9i1wostmg9QPjivxbolPVizxF_yTrugz0tJ2uKF7OkTWgUQGEqdkuXALndE7suj-fLzw/s400/LMd20_20081216_5043~_marked.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288968749096974482" border="0" /></a>Here is another one of the portraits I shot while attending the 2008 Dubai International film festival.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><strong><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ahmed's Bio from his website:</span><br /><br />Ahmed Ahmed</strong> - Born in Helwan, Egypt June 27th, 1970. Parents immigrated to the US when he was one month old and grew up in Riverside, CA. Moved to Hollywood when he was 19 years old to pursue a career as an actor and stand up comedian. Attended The American Academy of Dramatic Arts for one year and studied with various acting coaches such as <strong>Cliff Osmond, Ivana Chubbuck</strong> and <strong>Sandy Marshall</strong>. </span><p><span style="font-size:100%;">Seen in such films and television shows as <strong>Iron Man, You Don't Mess With The Zohan, Swingers, Tracey Takes On, Roseanne, JAG, Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn</strong> on <strong>Comedy Central</strong> and <strong>MTV's PUNK'D</strong>. Also appeared on <strong>CNN, The View,</strong> <strong>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,</strong> and <strong>NPR</strong>. Was featured on the front page of <strong>The Wall Street Journal</strong> in December of 2001 and featured in <strong>Newsweek Magazine</strong>. Will be seen in the upcoming <strong>ONION MOVIE</strong> for <strong>FOX Searchlight.</strong> Currently can be seen on the <strong>Fahrenheit 9/11</strong> DVD bonus track performing stand up comedy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">A paid regular performer at <strong>The World Famous Comedy Store</strong> in Hollywood and tours all across America and Europe. Winner of the first annual <strong>Richard Pryor Award</strong> for ethnic comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival in Scotland summer of 2004.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:100%;">Wrote an original screenplay titled <strong>"The Pilgrimage"</strong> based on his Hajj (Pilgrimage to Mecca). He also co-wrote the script <strong>"Google Me"</strong> with comedian Erik Griffin.</span></p>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-46417648218830739982008-12-28T15:40:00.000+02:002008-12-28T16:03:39.639+02:00Portrait of Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB9J8E7lKhFR7qI1eNYIZzoB9QcYB8g37h0oC_itdK3yVRSC4gOpsfi-TIu4YOlJio2RdPA92sx76axXLRfzcE3YnQX-Jez5hVoLx8EsUDgpgn15Z8G1-j5vQeyBcb0SZ2tLl5A/s1600-h/LMd20_20081218_5190.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDB9J8E7lKhFR7qI1eNYIZzoB9QcYB8g37h0oC_itdK3yVRSC4gOpsfi-TIu4YOlJio2RdPA92sx76axXLRfzcE3YnQX-Jez5hVoLx8EsUDgpgn15Z8G1-j5vQeyBcb0SZ2tLl5A/s400/LMd20_20081218_5190.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284838609661300194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXr082Lt0WO_pC9sh-LcRNPTaaG4u6PiF80nKtLDAqhD4S0GLHNUKVQnRdTeoDZ2kvEuZ1ULB9gCPY-m-KtbZEvEaf12f5baOpN4BfrOpyyzUC0FNxm_byUCHxjbE2eLGJC3eyBQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081218_5212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXr082Lt0WO_pC9sh-LcRNPTaaG4u6PiF80nKtLDAqhD4S0GLHNUKVQnRdTeoDZ2kvEuZ1ULB9gCPY-m-KtbZEvEaf12f5baOpN4BfrOpyyzUC0FNxm_byUCHxjbE2eLGJC3eyBQ/s400/LMd20_20081218_5212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284838616117837442" border="0" /></a><br />Finally I got to shoot a portrait of Palestinian poet Suheir Hammad, one of my favorite Arab artists. I discovered Suheir's work while i was in college. My roomate got me hooked to watching a show called Def Poetry. The show which is presented by Mos Def , featured spoken word artists performing their poems.<br /><br />Also since starting my photography project on Arab hip hop, her name kept on coming up in conversations with many artists who cited her as one of their influences in Arab hip hop. My curiosity grew about Suheir, and two weeks ago while attending the Dubai film festival i ran into her. I was late to a meeting, i was running, sweaty and out of breath and at the entrance of the hotel i see my friend Ann-Marie Jacir, a Palestinan film maker and with her Suhier, who also happens to be acting in Jacir's film "Salt of this Sea." Quick introductions were made and later on i got to arrange to shoot the portraits.<br /><br />One of my most enjoyable shoots.<br /><br />Suheir's Bio:<br /><br />Suheir Hammad is a Palestinian-American poet. She was born in Amman to refugee parents and immigrated with her family as a child to Brooklyn, New York City when she was five years old. Hammad's first collection Born Palestinian, Born Black was published in 1996, followed by Drops of This Story. Her latest collection is ZaatarDiva, and her forthcoming work is entitled 'breaking poems'. An original writer and cast member of the TONY Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, Hammad is a 2007 Copeland Fellow at Amherst College. Her theatre<br />project 'breaking letter(s)' premiered this April, produced by The New World Theatre.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-52063873961948571612008-12-27T13:15:00.000+02:002008-12-27T13:21:27.860+02:00Portrait of French Actor Sami Naceri<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuDUgJ6KaoRIGo0TVKDQAoXedE8hngxg0ZY-oX5tUp8Tm4ZsM60I3KLAHre3HYJ6As0HUjJKsCUNe5_61KvASjntoGxzNCWZjuyGgUBHbJuiNNeXIvvFxZOlv2USxdzUroHq4Ig/s1600-h/LMd20_20081218_5170.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTuDUgJ6KaoRIGo0TVKDQAoXedE8hngxg0ZY-oX5tUp8Tm4ZsM60I3KLAHre3HYJ6As0HUjJKsCUNe5_61KvASjntoGxzNCWZjuyGgUBHbJuiNNeXIvvFxZOlv2USxdzUroHq4Ig/s400/LMd20_20081218_5170.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284427266174084690" border="0" /></a>While at the Dubai Film Festival, i got to shoot a quick portrait of french actor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0618651/">Sami Naceri</a>, known for his roles in Taxi, Indigenes and many other French and Algerian films.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-64746745646431610052008-12-23T12:40:00.000+02:002008-12-24T02:15:46.307+02:00Portrait of Lebanese director Chadi Zeneddine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAALWFTJeaQqQG8iBSr8AanVNzUs8d5mlX_eF53YLzOOj3opI1VbWnTAoZXrszlL3EXVB6LdVgDhRRWMfR5uGir0VQa4i_lqIJxOFHkSi7R9yjYqX5iIxff9qHLLRxTqHKqhL5Vg/s1600-h/LMd20_20081130_1734.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAALWFTJeaQqQG8iBSr8AanVNzUs8d5mlX_eF53YLzOOj3opI1VbWnTAoZXrszlL3EXVB6LdVgDhRRWMfR5uGir0VQa4i_lqIJxOFHkSi7R9yjYqX5iIxff9qHLLRxTqHKqhL5Vg/s400/LMd20_20081130_1734.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282935724671000338" border="0" /></a>I shot this recent portrait while Chadi was in Amman last month. Chadi Zeneddine will be directing "Barbershop Trinity" the next film project I am working on. Quite a talented young director, can't wait to collaborate with Chadi.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-25038676273693792582008-12-14T10:49:00.000+02:002008-12-14T15:15:34.438+02:00Slingshot Hip Hop comes to Dubai<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Slingshot Hip Hop is a beautiful documentary about Palestinian Hip Hop and is directed by my dear friend Jackie Saloum, It's part of the reason i am shooting my photography book on Arab Hip Hop. I have followed the film in Sundance, Amman and now Dubai. It showed to over 700 people and after the screening, the Palestinian group DAM, Kanaan from PR and Narcy from Iraq performed for an hour. I was there to document the show and here are some images coming to you directly from Dubai.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUCKUwVGpTbGG3IluEnqbuXE8IKcwTw-n9iNWsX1CxFxsCLwSLKOZt_THfnPs7kImGrbnY-096AcLVqSozOYy8udmFtLlSd7RggsMN6vfxQLtsCZPbsZpiW-EAYJgjd4Rj0fkiQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081212_4152.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUCKUwVGpTbGG3IluEnqbuXE8IKcwTw-n9iNWsX1CxFxsCLwSLKOZt_THfnPs7kImGrbnY-096AcLVqSozOYy8udmFtLlSd7RggsMN6vfxQLtsCZPbsZpiW-EAYJgjd4Rj0fkiQ/s400/LMd20_20081212_4152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279565660706282434" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs19KsUkKKevjTYRSEHZHmsK6gor-utpL1CpN_S_3uXuCA9kKdsPfxGQN-od4P3pj7lJ5lOrsw7TZcVTLONKQTT6ZKZZ3dSPXUuQVnE0vlcIaGwAKAb5JpmFlqDvjR5YkmD7_yCg/s1600-h/LMd20_20081212_4205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0HljDPR9vcaiY_bmwztmP7QLNpYHv9QH_YHEyB4Rmx0-NQ1H-K2RfOVsnX2h3T5p5jJSqAE8jWJ8y8crjEPSOyHRMEoi1uj6EjW8FWNrduH0SLZwW82qC0mBz8mzj90z991rEA/s400/LMd20_20081212_4573.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279567628886414818" border="0" /></a>Palestinan actor Ali Suleiman (Paradise Now, The Kingdom, Body of Lies) was also out supporting the film and i snapped a quick shot.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_ESYphomEeqmpQN67Qyl0pREoq8emwUrYyDO8C6ZqOqwh782E6UpBQTx_mXNqyvbkanbVJ6siPp_xgYU73qMRPejwLdqDxq7S3erlrp4aCHwLGJYH-ORLaD5pDYcOOdMPFRMcQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081212_4559.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_ESYphomEeqmpQN67Qyl0pREoq8emwUrYyDO8C6ZqOqwh782E6UpBQTx_mXNqyvbkanbVJ6siPp_xgYU73qMRPejwLdqDxq7S3erlrp4aCHwLGJYH-ORLaD5pDYcOOdMPFRMcQ/s400/LMd20_20081212_4559.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279567630211059778" border="0" /></a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-19879930138660324822008-12-14T00:56:00.000+02:002008-12-14T01:07:22.763+02:00Images from the opening of the 2008 Dubai FIlm FestivalI am currently attending the Dubai Film Festival so I thought i'd share some images i shot at the opening ceremony. The opening film was Oliver Stone's "W"<br />I'll try to upload some pictures that i capture throughout my time here so keep an eye out.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5m4ia7OqV0Xq2Fd3IqA3wiFQE-Pfw4ivdlgKWIKUQf3ZBkSJ93OXQx16qeli1w6F2XLWYiY3M4Qa1sOC_64-PWpSW3t1l3cIUbXsAKlvT_8u-STVn0V9WI9_vdPnpA9fu-B_lQ/s1600-h/LMg9_081211_0139.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju5m4ia7OqV0Xq2Fd3IqA3wiFQE-Pfw4ivdlgKWIKUQf3ZBkSJ93OXQx16qeli1w6F2XLWYiY3M4Qa1sOC_64-PWpSW3t1l3cIUbXsAKlvT_8u-STVn0V9WI9_vdPnpA9fu-B_lQ/s400/LMg9_081211_0139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279414564334934274" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yHchHUsttYG08cGfuJ7NTJ5m7pyPy2XlZOqTnvYxBY69l66NAIwPPo1kbWYlYYiqyzV0xSWAtdyzfMnBU97bZ4B09pjSNHrBYsZvbAfmSEfD4ZXsfkxnY-VWY_yPdksMzpqbfA/s1600-h/LMg9_081211_0147.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_yHchHUsttYG08cGfuJ7NTJ5m7pyPy2XlZOqTnvYxBY69l66NAIwPPo1kbWYlYYiqyzV0xSWAtdyzfMnBU97bZ4B09pjSNHrBYsZvbAfmSEfD4ZXsfkxnY-VWY_yPdksMzpqbfA/s400/LMg9_081211_0147.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279414561507139298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtV-kVB60EjJNiD4LPyP2xwF8oWjvY1N8gvWEzLFNplHZAfdPunw5U7pjkEgT1U9TqDfhInT2i3WI8F12xs1IVhHMREJUBEJGsGHWAM8PkMm6MdI9KC7W2yzullFQFnFIWdtN_mg/s1600-h/LMg9_081211_0150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtV-kVB60EjJNiD4LPyP2xwF8oWjvY1N8gvWEzLFNplHZAfdPunw5U7pjkEgT1U9TqDfhInT2i3WI8F12xs1IVhHMREJUBEJGsGHWAM8PkMm6MdI9KC7W2yzullFQFnFIWdtN_mg/s400/LMg9_081211_0150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279414556670876130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvOuxlI7N0YpttL-ATmMHnw_YBwURPpCHeTJydg-JdO8lS4cfOj7tUAPqNPQfnM2opS5y34NDyLLW244Uy4rjWREvBdBwiERzj_i96ZEopM7-C4IhWxVuv9_M84e1Bm1m7SEi0A/s1600-h/LMg9_081211_0168.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWvOuxlI7N0YpttL-ATmMHnw_YBwURPpCHeTJydg-JdO8lS4cfOj7tUAPqNPQfnM2opS5y34NDyLLW244Uy4rjWREvBdBwiERzj_i96ZEopM7-C4IhWxVuv9_M84e1Bm1m7SEi0A/s400/LMg9_081211_0168.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279414550623027970" border="0" /></a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-85689809889375356732008-12-08T00:07:00.000+02:002008-12-08T00:16:24.981+02:00Man on Bike<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZe1b8zwMkhIDERFg3L8otOSCTWJ_arJgzZX7O8yetCmqvKNfmQbDP7YZtXHD0kYwwLkn-ZCWXwNnYSgKyGR68fmfR4SooIrWeBUig_6PWt5TRQmc_zSH7F-QEAdJFGLBjGFL11A/s1600-h/LMd20_20080719_3262+%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZe1b8zwMkhIDERFg3L8otOSCTWJ_arJgzZX7O8yetCmqvKNfmQbDP7YZtXHD0kYwwLkn-ZCWXwNnYSgKyGR68fmfR4SooIrWeBUig_6PWt5TRQmc_zSH7F-QEAdJFGLBjGFL11A/s400/LMd20_20080719_3262+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277174916628441746" border="0" /></a><br />Shot this while i was in Paris in July, I love when a panning shot turns out as I wanted.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-2816460517025335982008-12-05T19:36:00.000+02:002008-12-06T15:11:33.870+02:00Going DutchBack to my Arab Hip Hop project, in July i went to Holland and for 4 days, were I had full access to the life of one of Holland's top rappers, <a href="http://myspace.com/salahedin1">Salahedin</a>. The experience of shooting with a Moroccan artist who has made it big in Europe was amazing and at the end of it Salahedin surprised me by taking me to meet and shoot with WU-Tang Clan, the world's top hip hop group.<br /><br />Below are some pictures and an excerpt from the article the photo essay that appeared in NOX magazine last month.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Salahedin at his home studio.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTzf3_Qnde7yzmjHB-gJQrHe-UDjw8U5Bgok33K-Kcfdkh5S2rRSlTInu5_msJq-w0gpcj-04Nd1HYTRUP92qvUhYccJCm8a4L2i2GP7HhwGOB6f2PCELkRpYhlbalLP0_DZvew/s1600-h/LMd20_20080711_10301.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtTzf3_Qnde7yzmjHB-gJQrHe-UDjw8U5Bgok33K-Kcfdkh5S2rRSlTInu5_msJq-w0gpcj-04Nd1HYTRUP92qvUhYccJCm8a4L2i2GP7HhwGOB6f2PCELkRpYhlbalLP0_DZvew/s400/LMd20_20080711_10301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276377611187815842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Salahedin meets with the youth of his old neighborhood.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVs7zwpQmV_rjirAGCZFlj2cpAk2MRbj7fiZlWk6ROa4G7RIgbw3JPuQD9EBr1aLpzqCwqMr9-UC8-QmEA-dj56rpbFM2rzVQMKbWFs4vOz-o1fM2BihnuFfc2VeF1I83yjbQyw/s1600-h/LMd20_20080712_10592.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuVs7zwpQmV_rjirAGCZFlj2cpAk2MRbj7fiZlWk6ROa4G7RIgbw3JPuQD9EBr1aLpzqCwqMr9-UC8-QmEA-dj56rpbFM2rzVQMKbWFs4vOz-o1fM2BihnuFfc2VeF1I83yjbQyw/s400/LMd20_20080712_10592.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276377617522303202" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Method Man of WU-Tang backstage</span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37fyrfodTmYRSOzkCl0u6pNk9XdV_VkqnYBp9HHzVfOw8EZF6oScBZbReW-irVDHGYPbNTKaykfI4xmr7-SVLgDLcV6ukyc2Pvled-pdsk09MNwAHxARkdpmiTANq94VuVWhB3Q/s1600-h/---_0070.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi37fyrfodTmYRSOzkCl0u6pNk9XdV_VkqnYBp9HHzVfOw8EZF6oScBZbReW-irVDHGYPbNTKaykfI4xmr7-SVLgDLcV6ukyc2Pvled-pdsk09MNwAHxARkdpmiTANq94VuVWhB3Q/s400/---_0070.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276377616293100418" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">RZA</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgc_-YB8YonaTPVwvk-p9ZzP3sMGW4gkqVSyuiwNRYJVLKh4r_cAVCJEC3yPVhGatbDQHY36OYeQkh7VMQqTg_hTCZPzCgigD7CrXA4bfuFdSybxofigci6GoJFHOJm7IiQ48Ijw/s1600-h/LMd20_20080714_10906.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgc_-YB8YonaTPVwvk-p9ZzP3sMGW4gkqVSyuiwNRYJVLKh4r_cAVCJEC3yPVhGatbDQHY36OYeQkh7VMQqTg_hTCZPzCgigD7CrXA4bfuFdSybxofigci6GoJFHOJm7IiQ48Ijw/s400/LMd20_20080714_10906.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276377618324327874" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">RZA again.</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxaH_GIZ0TDMFdlKSDAHErMjxuNwLsIBpcPral46sSQKXTxrvmoi8qA5IT4DazrD0AAP8128zbdHz_SBEcp9fl3JqowRk6dItbavHbpr9cHgfzOFFczP_hSwQ-snsR0m7jCx2Bw/s1600-h/---_0081.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxaH_GIZ0TDMFdlKSDAHErMjxuNwLsIBpcPral46sSQKXTxrvmoi8qA5IT4DazrD0AAP8128zbdHz_SBEcp9fl3JqowRk6dItbavHbpr9cHgfzOFFczP_hSwQ-snsR0m7jCx2Bw/s400/---_0081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276377619421395058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Salahedin and Method Man in the green room.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnTpyVdtHlA6i5kdleOGG8wRQn9lLtUi5tcN41mD0xkJOXzJfSZUpEc5q5VJhXlH46_VWbTCVFJ66RBg1bGFhHOu-eQnIRje07gtWY4uyk9j9FNTJgH2JoauGUucaG0gyR7NbXQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20080714_10980.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmnTpyVdtHlA6i5kdleOGG8wRQn9lLtUi5tcN41mD0xkJOXzJfSZUpEc5q5VJhXlH46_VWbTCVFJ66RBg1bGFhHOu-eQnIRje07gtWY4uyk9j9FNTJgH2JoauGUucaG0gyR7NbXQ/s400/LMd20_20080714_10980.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276660168179769714" border="0" /></a></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br />July 10th, 2008<br />After a five-hour flight to Paris, I take the train to Paris Nord station where I meet Jordanian oud player Elia Khoury and his brother Basil. We wolf down a very quick Micky Dees<br />before immediately heading off to Rotterdam on another train to meet Moroccan-Dutch rapper Salah Eddine. The ticket costs somewhere around $140, which makes me<br />reminisce about long-distance services to Damascus for a tenth of that price, and requires a change at Brussels and another four-plus hours of sitting on my backside. If I get there before midnight I will be doing extremely well. The train is painfully slow, with an infuriating number<br />of stops – aren’t trains meant to be fast? I do my best to kill time by snapping the sunset from various locations I’ve never heard of – like Mechelen. Even when I get to Rotterdam, late and dog tired, I have to negotiate yet more public transport, this time an inner city<br />tram to Leiden – cost: $10 – and the ride is hideous, with drunk Dutch guys playing terrible country music out of tiny mobiles. Once in Leiden, it’s another train to Alphen, where Salah lives. I get to Alphen and decide to take a cab. I finally knock on his door at 1am. I have been travelling for 16 hours. Despite my desperate desire to see a pillow, Salah and I talk until 4am while listening to tracks from his new album Horr – with his narration layered over the top like a DVD special feature. Both are thrilling to hear, proving that the Arab hip hop scene will be experiencing a genuine revolution when it is released. His voice is confident and trustworthy, growing on you by the second, and with the additional touches of Arabic samples, it transformsthe audio experience into a cinematic one. It is a privilege to be among the first to hear it.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-17733078104001317572008-12-01T17:46:00.000+02:002008-12-01T18:04:56.584+02:00Recent portraits I shotI haven't showed much work lately because I have been spending most of my time in airplanes and airports. Also my hard drive on my macbook crashed and burned. So slowly I'm rebuilding my photo library from the backups.<br />I'm posting a couple of portraits i shot in the past couple of months. Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Director Spike Lee, Abu Dhabi</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Wc9H75mqnHfszJ_PjbWKBI23kGd0KU3DzLNpynk2azcGLTWs2uT2PA5zDX06ep2nRXu6u-a0t73Ysh_Bg-7PCqy2rROID_chxvkcnZWXwbFdWDmwxpzndrbRP2t92_12UICW0Q/s1600-h/LMd20_20081007_2556+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Wc9H75mqnHfszJ_PjbWKBI23kGd0KU3DzLNpynk2azcGLTWs2uT2PA5zDX06ep2nRXu6u-a0t73Ysh_Bg-7PCqy2rROID_chxvkcnZWXwbFdWDmwxpzndrbRP2t92_12UICW0Q/s400/LMd20_20081007_2556+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274849000908079122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Jackson Allers, a friend and a journalist based in Beirut.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6AHdjGxidEApKLR1xZL-gXs2qeknOoGPSoIHwvJyyVEUZV1ogOUauE-dc7TFZfUI2g-T5gaLCGgtmI96hS_n9H0RQMaHt9O7UXkSHfsSQYsz4jlmd4BT3Vg_8QY6CbXeXmauqw/s1600-h/LMd20_20080920_1751.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6AHdjGxidEApKLR1xZL-gXs2qeknOoGPSoIHwvJyyVEUZV1ogOUauE-dc7TFZfUI2g-T5gaLCGgtmI96hS_n9H0RQMaHt9O7UXkSHfsSQYsz4jlmd4BT3Vg_8QY6CbXeXmauqw/s400/LMd20_20080920_1751.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274848996067662866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/nawazen">Nawazen-Le Trio Khoury</a>, Paris.</span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIW9wvHCs47IwE3HEoUaMb0Ofyd9fFxBTHpc7D8qXBKzyRUW0DuAG9mh3JwOuf-Lam5w8fyY-dplRVmvCvyMCwKAtcG4gO8K9ooF8h4GOpqATNf8GxtARQQTJNPXLlJ9JFuvUvA/s1600-h/LMd20_20080726_3664.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXIW9wvHCs47IwE3HEoUaMb0Ofyd9fFxBTHpc7D8qXBKzyRUW0DuAG9mh3JwOuf-Lam5w8fyY-dplRVmvCvyMCwKAtcG4gO8K9ooF8h4GOpqATNf8GxtARQQTJNPXLlJ9JFuvUvA/s400/LMd20_20080726_3664.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274848991060552690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw88bZXCLdbSO_pxYdKgaVx_DEm6GEQ719TC9jVOPMzOcI5DMnL761-Stre-1YSXbIOSDZASFth10iPTrsVRgilIAqj0BjwUKY6d_i8sA9QPBhO2gkKjofjHX5hbD0Or8nOf1uA/s1600-h/LMd20_20080726_3605.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBw88bZXCLdbSO_pxYdKgaVx_DEm6GEQ719TC9jVOPMzOcI5DMnL761-Stre-1YSXbIOSDZASFth10iPTrsVRgilIAqj0BjwUKY6d_i8sA9QPBhO2gkKjofjHX5hbD0Or8nOf1uA/s400/LMd20_20080726_3605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274848988056886690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6nINkoW1Yfsi4312GZGg8l2phn8XLOAAMdfiszTLWV2i5l3UaVqsONgNFqZFQk6uJgWkrjPf9T_nTvDh1udwe-w4f5gtWlmsvIXujRhbv38-SeMRhFiXpWsvKk9gB5b46x8wmA/s1600-h/LMd20_20080726_3589.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6nINkoW1Yfsi4312GZGg8l2phn8XLOAAMdfiszTLWV2i5l3UaVqsONgNFqZFQk6uJgWkrjPf9T_nTvDh1udwe-w4f5gtWlmsvIXujRhbv38-SeMRhFiXpWsvKk9gB5b46x8wmA/s400/LMd20_20080726_3589.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274848980639454306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Here are also 3 shots from a recent shoot for my Arab hip hop book i did with a graffiti artist in Dubai.</span><br /></div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0mywLNJJPun4feFEVyfyTGQfXuNndiNgh4B01KWxrCmk-X18mPAWwk2mWo2p8VqALauLiSf0_uMnmBn8gOPu3bXvHQfuoHJC-OIEukBBgpfmOZiCuMdtZhcQWhcGOIVBUB9hKQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081013_2908+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv0mywLNJJPun4feFEVyfyTGQfXuNndiNgh4B01KWxrCmk-X18mPAWwk2mWo2p8VqALauLiSf0_uMnmBn8gOPu3bXvHQfuoHJC-OIEukBBgpfmOZiCuMdtZhcQWhcGOIVBUB9hKQ/s400/LMd20_20081013_2908+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274849887485357602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRxLuJGZPxWvY3FBVF17jLb8DBRNUjs8nSMh2I2x5okneQK69_vPEvNFVj_Umlb9VWE4_MdPSAWlnztVvIFVHwyOhj6N_ibLtrZ4-keEGth6iutHA25EljyzpgpssQ-2KbEKbWQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081014_3078+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwRxLuJGZPxWvY3FBVF17jLb8DBRNUjs8nSMh2I2x5okneQK69_vPEvNFVj_Umlb9VWE4_MdPSAWlnztVvIFVHwyOhj6N_ibLtrZ4-keEGth6iutHA25EljyzpgpssQ-2KbEKbWQ/s400/LMd20_20081014_3078+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274849904898112146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4Fp2ILVc2hUQJ6qNDmpZq-zDYdIFhJEHlOAjTffOIEJJ1AkEB-e3-Jk8xi56Vj96Qgqwlrx_dB13U7jlGJvOzSE26Xxfwfj41fmKQ4LcpqEn0_a-R-6YGrsiILlf8Am_Pvq2TQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081014_3066+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC4Fp2ILVc2hUQJ6qNDmpZq-zDYdIFhJEHlOAjTffOIEJJ1AkEB-e3-Jk8xi56Vj96Qgqwlrx_dB13U7jlGJvOzSE26Xxfwfj41fmKQ4LcpqEn0_a-R-6YGrsiILlf8Am_Pvq2TQ/s400/LMd20_20081014_3066+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274849900302257506" border="0" /></a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-51778915655132485132008-11-30T21:14:00.000+02:002008-11-30T21:17:08.400+02:00Two pictures from Salt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAZGdDplbxMReT_uafCKIFRbqEEaU5FLcABOb86PQ0qZX6nCWslVMsYb5q-G2rB9pyg0SCSjuZgXofcyUjH3XFl6qjoTvP0EzhQ1AEfSI-EnaMGSD9pkyQlHamu8x7Rxree8p2Q/s1600-h/LMd20_20081130_1690+%281%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAZGdDplbxMReT_uafCKIFRbqEEaU5FLcABOb86PQ0qZX6nCWslVMsYb5q-G2rB9pyg0SCSjuZgXofcyUjH3XFl6qjoTvP0EzhQ1AEfSI-EnaMGSD9pkyQlHamu8x7Rxree8p2Q/s400/LMd20_20081130_1690+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274531401872770370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iVgyEXjjnGsFuPcLlaveD1Jp_msdnkMuXjnd2ydh3ScvFTxMCSiyopR56DINnSGGYUA4xNqFxRgFfo44vbjN4Vyasxs05o4C5rNDMliHBnXTcfKw65kRKrtH7k0F3t__pfzUvg/s1600-h/LMd20_20081130_1679.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iVgyEXjjnGsFuPcLlaveD1Jp_msdnkMuXjnd2ydh3ScvFTxMCSiyopR56DINnSGGYUA4xNqFxRgFfo44vbjN4Vyasxs05o4C5rNDMliHBnXTcfKw65kRKrtH7k0F3t__pfzUvg/s400/LMd20_20081130_1679.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274531396167170610" border="0" /></a><br />While scouting for locations in Salt today, shot a couple of pictures....here are two of them.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-78352810385025299402008-11-29T14:40:00.000+02:002008-11-29T19:49:48.672+02:00In Casting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_Z_HH9ClcGicIL8x-vNiudr9zg4zs2In2080N27hX9Ahf1HOpprU2vdzq01J55U-aHlS6rYLRz4UZebJaqNR26wOz6o7bz6C3skVlPhB4yPxx9ZZMyg3wiVsgqLnip0_o3IKpQ/s1600-h/LMd20_20081128_1154.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_Z_HH9ClcGicIL8x-vNiudr9zg4zs2In2080N27hX9Ahf1HOpprU2vdzq01J55U-aHlS6rYLRz4UZebJaqNR26wOz6o7bz6C3skVlPhB4yPxx9ZZMyg3wiVsgqLnip0_o3IKpQ/s400/LMd20_20081128_1154.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274059142035273714" border="0" /></a><br />I'm currently in the Casting process of a new film i'm a producer on. Shot this in one of the casting sessions, thought i'd share since i haven't posted any of my photography for a while. The subject is Hassan Darweesh a Jordanian actor.Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-5637757379031247172008-11-27T03:19:00.000+02:002008-11-27T03:29:07.764+02:00A Darkness Visble<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6WHTGiU0MpXolHLvnXxX_4A7YAfcyKHcIO6iBVOshSEPjqJiPCs8hYuHMLfITI7O5w0Nt9tEpYBMnwPhgyxkawQIy4vGxMQH9-_zP9lnsQCEiD2fD-gAqnMg4wIm090l81r9yw/s1600-h/seamus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM6WHTGiU0MpXolHLvnXxX_4A7YAfcyKHcIO6iBVOshSEPjqJiPCs8hYuHMLfITI7O5w0Nt9tEpYBMnwPhgyxkawQIy4vGxMQH9-_zP9lnsQCEiD2fD-gAqnMg4wIm090l81r9yw/s400/seamus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273142727783794258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div><br /><a href="http://adarknessvisible.com/#/Images/">A Darkness Visible </a>is a brilliant photography project shot by Seamus Murphy in Afghanistan. It spans from 1994 to 2006. Some of the best documentary photography i've seen.<br /><br /><a href="http://adarknessvisible.com/#/Images/">Check the link</a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Image Copyright: Seamus Murphy</span></div>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14612019.post-52369815372011675902008-11-25T01:16:00.000+02:002008-11-25T01:22:24.255+02:00Behind the Scenes of Iron Man: Brought to you by actor Jeff Bridges<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUd4tCpS6DYZvjA9tlWlEQv4MaxibBV-q9AFH1dX5D7oioTz3TkgTA17O5ark_QuP8XuRw7l64uFieQDQCcYnAf3CSOYxFxPxBLRnh812Dm2mzF5AqPfm9ttt1DzaGrSdIY7XRxw/s1600-h/cover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUd4tCpS6DYZvjA9tlWlEQv4MaxibBV-q9AFH1dX5D7oioTz3TkgTA17O5ark_QuP8XuRw7l64uFieQDQCcYnAf3CSOYxFxPxBLRnh812Dm2mzF5AqPfm9ttt1DzaGrSdIY7XRxw/s400/cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272368324784045474" border="0" /></a><br />I have been traveling for the past couple of months and I had a hard drive failure which made me lose a lot of work, luckily most of my photos were backed up, so no updates in terms of pictures this time around, but here is a link for a great shoot done by Jeff Bridges who was one of the actors in Iron Man, he documents the making of the film with a panoramic film camera. Interesting insight to a great film.<br /><br />check the link<br /><a href="http://www.jeffbridges.com/ironmanbook_cover.html">http://www.jeffbridges.com/ironmanbook_cover.html</a>Laithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992723259916805444noreply@blogger.com0