The legend of the desert, a photo from Tombouctou, North

Photographer's Note

This is Timbuktu (Tombouctou), one of the world's most legendary cities, founded in the 12th century. From the early 14th to the 16th century it was one of the richest cities in Africa, basing its wealth on trans-Saharan trade of gold and salt. It also became an important centre of culture and islamic studies, attracting scholars from all over the muslim world.
This picture shows the Djinguereber mosque, originally built in 1327 AD but rebuilt several times since then.
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

saxo042, Zolive, saylan-cb, mafegan, Angshu, PiotrF, pajaran oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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saxo042 (38078) 2008-02-03 9:31

Hej Gert,
A very good combination of architecture and daily life. A fine composition with the mosque well placed inside the frame. What is he doing inside the bucket?
Hälsningar frĺn Göteborg
Gunnar

messenger1 (1033) 2008-02-03 10:08

Memorable shot. The earthy tones and the subject really give an ancient feel. I like the vertical effect of the building running down to the people and donkeys at the bottom of the shot.

saylan-cb (12738) 2008-02-03 10:45

Hi Gert
Amazing shot!Great composition and colours,light,details is very good.
TFS/Regards

GUYOFF (901) 2008-02-03 10:57

Hi there,

Really good shot, very interesting...We 're learning more and more about the world with this kind of pics...

Welldone and thanks

GUY

molla (7129) 2008-02-03 12:49

Hej Gert,
Great comp on this, and mali still fascinates especially the north part were you have the Tuaregs, where the men are covered and women not. and actually the only place in Africa where women could decide whit whom they want to married and if the want to divorce

siislam (290) 2008-02-03 15:18

Interesting looking picture, well taken!

mafegan (8626) 2009-07-28 18:47

Hello Gert
Daily life in such a different culture. The architecture of Mali never fails to amaze. Pity one man is in the shade and another seems to be behind a bucket - but this photo was not taken in the digital age where we get instant feedback and another shot costs nothing. A good scan as per usual. Tfs, Marlene

Angshu (56760) 2011-03-21 5:57

Hello Gert
The andoms pic in your front page does throw up surprises like this! Amazing picture from this city which is iconic as a place 'nowhere' or'little known' in English paraphrase

This shot is excellent juxtaposition of daily life & architecture...showing the traders with their donkeys as well as the characteristic mud structure of the mosque. The light has bee delightfully captured
Best Regards
Angshu

huyinghui (487) 2011-12-28 17:46

Beautiful balanced composition.

serp2000 (47063) 2012-08-04 11:15

Hi, Gert,
If you remember, few weeks ago this place sounds in the news. Another islamic brothers destroyed some mosques and different objects of the world heritage.
You are lucky photographer, you have seen this place before these bad news.
Serghei

jmdias (116547) 2016-08-26 2:12

gert

the small donkeys looks like off of scale here, nice the guy drinking water and the tower of the mosque ahead. excellent view.I read some monuments of this region were demolished by terrorists, I hope this one is up yet.

hugs

jorge

Miguel82 (47110) 2020-05-29 11:32

Gert, Tombouctou is a mythic town in the Sahara desert. It has a long history. The donkeys represent an excellent means of transportation to carry people and goods. They are replaced nowadays by pick ups. The old mosque in mud, wood and straw forms a splendid background. Fine colors, good sharpness, interesting photo note, regards.

kasianowak (17676) 2020-06-28 11:38

Beautiful combination of a street and architectural photo, I love the colours, which could be referred to "desert duotone" lots of yellow and a bit of blue. :-)

PiotrF (56080) 2020-07-13 10:56

Hello Gert
A very nice daily life scene from Mali.
Great view of Djinguereber mosque.
Photo with good composition, superb light, nice colours and good quality.
Fine presentation
Regards
Piotr

Silvio1953 (222991) 2021-04-11 23:51

Ciao Gert, great view of fantastic lehgend of desert, lovely composition with horsemen in FG and magificent moosque, wonderful colors, excellent clarity, fine details and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

pajaran (117113) 2022-03-18 2:56

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled i trenutak, dobar tekst ...
Lep trenutak sa magarcima i arhitektura, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama, kontrastom, perspektivim i uhvacenim trenutkom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija dobijena skeniranjem slajda.
Lepo secanje.

Zelim vam sve najbolje za vikend.
Paja