Ready to wear, a photo from Balkh, West

Photographer's Note

For those who may be disappointed that there are no women in my pictures from Afghanistan, here is at least some kind of sample. Two burqas in trendy spring colours on display at a women's fashion shop in Mazar-i-Sharif.
And for those who may believe that the burqa was a Taliban invention, this picture was taken in May 1973, when the Taliban leaders were just naughty teenagers or innocent little boys.
Scanned from a Kodachrome slide.

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Partha_c (2029) 2007-12-18 1:14

Hi Gert. Well themed. The contrast of the dress and the wall is really interesting. The note too is informative. TFS. Regards.
Partha

saxo042 (38078) 2007-12-18 3:30

Hej Gert,
The colours of the fabrics and the wall look very fine together. An interetsting photo, but something here makes me think of Batman, I don´t know why, do you?
Hälsningar
Gunnar

molla (7129) 2007-12-18 8:34

Hej Gert,
Ghost from the past,its a very strange impression I get from those burqas on dry, kind of a batman cape.
Good documentary image.
hälsar
Anders

MarcT (20964) 2007-12-19 13:44

Hi Gert,
Kind of funny picture. Clothes drying under the sun showing in a very effective way it's Afghanistan!
Cheers
Marc

Emanuele67 (68) 2007-12-20 3:54 [Comment]

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Miguel82 (47110) 2014-04-07 19:11

Two burqas are drying on a wall build with bricks Gert, good report from Afghanistan, good light and perfect sharpness, regards

Tigerlily (3381) 2015-08-01 0:16

Hi Gert,
A very interesting image I have ever seen... I thought it was someone did the washing.. hard to believe it was women's fashion. I always wonder how the burqas became women's wear.. I always thought it could be designed for the dusty weather rather than the religion .. no offence.
Regards,
Jasmine

Silvio1953 (221729) 2020-07-30 23:56

Ciao Gert, nice scene with washing day, fine details, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good weekend, ciao Silvio

jmdias (115252) 2020-09-21 10:41

gert

looks like the skins of giant bats of some wild animal killed for some hunter. excellent image, very curious and with the texture of the bricks.

take care
jorge

pajaran (115989) 2022-01-24 0:56

Pozdrav.

Intereantan pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lepe burke na zidu, dobro pokazano sa lepim bojama i kontrastom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija dobijena skeniranjem slajda.
Lepo secanje.

Zelim vam sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je opocela.
Paja