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The image, (shot on transparency film and a soft looking scan) was made in a very crowded street in Old Damascus, actually the beginning of the Biblical Street Called Straight, the school bus was stuck in the morning traffic and car horns were blaring, as I spotted the kids in the window, I was jostled and jogged as I stopped to shoot, for only a brief moment time stopped and I didn’t notice the chaos, only the moment.
Despite everything that followed and continues to blight the country I will always remember the humanity and moments like this, the many moments that made it very easy for me to live there for so long.
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John Wreford is a freelance photographer based in Turkey
Scanned print.
Mamiya 645 ProTL w/ M-S 120 mm/f4 macro.
Oct 10, 2022.
Fomapan 100 in Rodinal 1+100, semistand 1 h.
Printed on Fomatone MG 133, developed in Adox Adotol and toned in somewhat tired Moersch MT2 (carbon toner) 1+25, 10 min.
PS borders.
Japanese Damascus multilayer steel knifes are beautiful, ...and very sharp! :-)
you can see this view from the top of blodan mountain!!
I'm wating For snow, hope it's come early this year!!
Had a day trip to Qara' about 90 Km north of Damascus for work reasons. On the way back we had a chance to drive up the mountain(was told about 1,000++m above the sea level) and enjoying the view of the cities nearby from the mountain. This one was taken from the place called Yabruk about 70 km North of Damascus and 20 Km south of Qara' ( our final destination). I did not carry my Dslr camera so have to shoot using my pocket Digital camera.
Location : Yabruk, 70Km North of Damascus, Syria
The venerable Swiss SLM loco heads a special train towards Ein Al Fejeh out of the Damascus suburbs.
Almost my first shot of the trip and I slipped on a polished tiled floor, broke my fall with the second camera body - and that was the end of that. From then on, I was having to change lenses far too often - never good in dusty desert conditions.
Syria. October 2007. © David Hill
after 10 years
i have finally sorted 50,000 photos into some sort of order
hope they now make a little more sense
From a slightly damaged neg, street in Damascus. Still 1995. I did not take many pictures there, but somehow I am happy with most of them.
An extremely handsome baker in my opinion! Also in the old city of Damascus. Some people have told me that he is too sophisticated and hence out of place... I a still couldn't resist his charm :)
I had never heard of them before. Apparently this was a one time only reunion for them. At Manitoba Metalfest 2018, Park Theatre, Winnipeg.
Walked around ancient area of Damascus, the Masjid Umayyah, Maqams of
hundreds of Sahaba and Tabiin, and here at the Hamidiah Suq with Bazli,
son of Azmil Mustapha.
Locos in various states of undress in the extensive Al Kadam workshops in Damascus. Locomotives and rolling stock were serviced and maintained here for the Hedjaz Railway.
I do wonder what has become of it all now.
Damascus, Syria. October 2007. © David Hill
The abandoned Damascus Free Will Baptist Church. On a previous visit most of the church was visible. Now nature is beginning to takeover!