At Markoye market Photo

Photographer’s Note

Markoye is located in the north east of Burkina Faso; every week took place a huge market where a mixt of ethnic people gather: Tuareg, Peul, Bella, Bozo and Songhai. They all come here to sell or exchange livestock. At the end of the morning the market crowd is at its top.

Between desert and savannah, markets are considered privileged meeting places between two different worlds: the one of nomadic shepherds of berber origin and the one of the settled farmers of Black Africa.
Food market and the one of daily use merchandise is located in the middle of the village with its multitude of buyers and sellers: a kaleidoscope of colours, perfumes and voices with thousands of intonations. At the meantime, in a big place outside, is taking place the livestock market. Tuaregs arrive with their camel caravans crossing through the zebu’s herds of Peuls.
The shouts of nomads dressed in their traditional clothes blend with the confused cry of their herds… a unique performance out of the time.

Ralfhar, eleparc, annagrace, jjcordier, Svillegas, steevloki, Cloud__Warrior trouve(nt) cette note utile

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eleparc (24059) 2006-01-04 16:06

Hello Luca! i love this portrait! she looks so friendly and I like its sharpness and the frame. If I might say one thing to improve the photo, that would be to adjust this green cast... that should be fairly easy to fix in PS... As far as I remember, tuaregs are called blue men , not green men...haha! nice shot!
Eric

annagrace (2463) 2006-01-04 16:15

Wonderful portrait. You have captured well the scarification on her face, colorful ethnic dress and beautiful friendly expression. Straight to my favorites! Well done!

Alli

nygus (8077) 2006-01-04 18:16

very pleasant , nice colours

jjcordier (25120) 2006-01-05 1:02

Bonjour Luca
Wonderful portrait!
On retrouve toute la gentillesse des burkinabé dans le regard du modèle. Magnifiques couleurs. J'aime beaucoup
Best regrds
JJ

hackman (151) 2006-01-05 13:25

interesting colours

anavazao (5592) 2006-01-06 6:00

Hi,
Very nice capture.POV,colors,sharpness,framing and lighting are wonderful.
Ana:)

Deepforest (8825) 2006-01-06 16:09

Hi Luca,
Wonderful portrait, fantastic vivid colours and sharpness. Excellent composition. I like this portrait very much. Very well done.

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flydragon (0) 2006-03-07 7:10

Lucas
i was looking your galerie
and have good time ;o)
for tonight i will top to this picture
this is for sure a beautifull potrait
the color a bit green work for me
yellow and orange mm so nice
another country another flower ;o)
regards
••simon••

no more green sorry

Cloud__Warrior (291) 2008-07-01 11:33

Hi Luca

Great portrait, such an intersesting contrast between her skin colour and the yellows and orange in the picture.

What are the markings on her face?

Andy

baladeva (202) 2008-07-13 20:51 [Comment]