Faces of Yemen 1998
25 years ago I was fortunate to visit Yemen. For this week’s Lens Artists Photo Challenge #263 ‘A face in the crowd’ I will publish some street portraits of that trip. Looking back at old photos can raise questions: what happened to them in those 25 years? Especially now this beautiful country is suffering from a terrible war.
About the B4 retouch series:
I browsed my archive for pictures to publish. Some of them are partly retouched but most do have scratches, dust and stains.
Shot with Nikon F90 on Kodak TriX, scanned from film and edited using Snapseed and Marksta . Click the picture for a bigger version.
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4 Responses to “Faces of Yemen 1998”
A lovely candid shot, Chris. It’s heartbreaking to watch what is happening to the land and the people.
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It was a qat sale 🙂
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Hi Chris,
like many people in those days, we went there as well. We were invited in Saana. Living in this family was like living in “The Arabian Nights”. We loved this mysticism.
We like your BW picture of the two generations.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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What a lovely memory. I know we hoped to be kidnapped as guests of a tribal leader to be exchanged to water or a road being developed. In that time no hostage was killed, it sounded romantic. I will never forget the space in the desert, the feeling of Shibam. And the amazing landscapes and people.
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