Monday, June 09, 2008

Cartier

 



Jewellery almost becomes abstract colour photography...
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Arik Sharon

 



At the heart of the Muslim Quarter a defiant settler in an island of Israeli flags... Thanks to zoom lens one can see a figure in the upper terrace, pointing, in Shabat clothes,to the (Old)Cityscape at his feet...
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Pierre Bonnard

 


The delicate pastel colours of the drying towels made me think of Bonnard's palette...
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Sherezade

 


Magnificent architecture, a post-punk street vendor and a Modern Arabian Nights female face... The Old City has it all...
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Faisal Husseini

 


The late 'grand seigneur' of Jerusalem politics and his beloved Orient House (a poster in East Jerusalem)...
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Huda Imam

 

 

 

 


The decadent beauty of the Hamam...
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Monica Biancardi

 


This medieval Hamam at the haert of the Old City is a tremendous venue for comtemporary art exhibitions... In this case photography by Monica Biancardi...
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Solomon Jacyr

 


During the Palestine Investment Conference, Jacyr Palace re-lived its former glory...
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Tony Blair

 

 

 

 



Playing the insider-turned-paparazzi... The UAE men in Djelabbahs, President Abbas, a non-veiled Masteress-of-Cerimonies and the Quartet's Represenative Tony Blair were the darling of the media at the PIC (Palestine Investment Conference) in Bethlehem...
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King Charles II

 



Regal lettering in Crown's Red...
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Dale Carnegie

 


In a checkpoint about to enter the Jerusalem area, this piece of shameless spin... A honest effort at trying to make some friends or is it a case of post- psychological warfare?
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Munib al-Masri

 

 

 



Florence area ? Some other spot in Tuscany? No, it's Palestine allright. Up the hills near Nablus.
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Eastman Kodak

 

 

 



This awesome photographic camera (which could take photos the size of today's posters) was what really captured my imagination in the contents of the palatial house in Nablus...
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