The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
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Amman, the "white city", is the capital and most populous city of Jordan.
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The urban sprawl of Amman, the Capital of Jordan in the Middle East. I framed the shot from a window with some ripped fabric in an abandoned building above the City.
Amman's Roman Theater is a 6,000-seat, 2nd-century Roman theatre. It dates back to the Roman period when the city was known as Philadelphia. The theatre was built during the reign of Antonius Pius (138-161 CE). Built into the hillside, it was oriented north to keep the sun off the spectators. From Wikipedia
We arrived after closing but the theater still looked spectacular!
Part of Amman framed by part of an abandoned building opposite. Taken with a wide angle lens.
No 51 the Jung built 2-8-2 loco crosses a fine viaduct out from Az-Zarga just north of Amman. A wider shot shows that the gully doubles up at the town's rubbish tip.
The Hejaz Railway, Jordan.
October 2007. © David Hill
The cheaper houses look the same.
Looks good on a black background I think: 'Urban Monotony in Amman' On Black
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Another one from my favourite pictures from Amman. This photo might be a good illustration of how photographers interfere with lives of those whom they portray and how photography can never be completely impersonal and detached from depicted reality just because of physical presence of a photographer. The cage was obviously too heavy for the little guy and it was taking him all his focus to carry it before he noticed me.Then he saw me taking a picture of him, he stopped, watching me, laughed and suddenly he dropped the cage and its bottom fell off. Luckily (or maybe unluckily), the birds remained inside, the man came back to help his son and he didn't even tell him off (otherwise I would die of shame), so it all ended well.