PICTURESONLINE

PICTURESONLINE

A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:

Permajet Gold Silk (£26)

Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)

A2 (c. 23"x16") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£40)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£36)
Suffolk     Britain     World     B&W     Abstract     Locomotives     Sets
Suffolk     Britain     World     B&W     Abstract     Locomotives     Sets
Terms & Conditions     Privacy Policy     FAQ
Print information     Contact     About     Sitemap     Links

Terms & Conditions     Privacy Policy     FAQ
Print information     Contact     About     Sitemap     Links

World
framing suggestion:
Although it could still be described as war-torn, Beirut's civil war had been over some three
years when I visited. The place looked like Dresden in 1945. I had been contracted to shoot
a 20-minute video for Solidere, the company that was going to rebuild it all. The 'director' was
a Greek architectural student, and the producer his friend, a Lebanese businessman's
daughter, clearly with connections. We had the biggest budget I'd ever worked with for a
corporate programme, the smallest crew (me) and it was a nightmare. But that's not what
this picture is about. Damascus, in happier days, was a fabulous short trip destination from
Beirut, via Ba'albek and the Beka'a Valley. The producer and I went for a weekend, she to
buy jewellery, me to see Damascus for the first time. With the shopping out of the way, we
wafted through the spice market to the Jupiter Gate, thence to the Great Mosque, built by the
Ummayid dynasty in 715AD. Cool inside, blistering outside in the great marble-laid courtyard,
the join between the two is where the photograph that I missed 'happened'. I'd just taken this
interior shot, with one man studying the Koran, another praying in the Central Mihrab and a
woman also praying, and had packed the camera kit away. Heading for the main entrance, I
spotted three large women coming in. As they bent over to remove their shoes, their
voluminous black outer garments reared up in unison in the updraft, and they looked like a
meeting of hot-air balloons. The picture would have won prizes, but it was the one that got
away instead.
Although it could still be described as war-torn, Beirut's civil war had been over some three years when
I visited. The place looked like Dresden in 1945. I had been contracted to shoot a 20-minute video
for Solidere, the company that was going to rebuild it all. The 'director' was a Greek architectural
student, and the producer his friend, a Lebanese businessman's daughter, clearly with connections.
We had the biggest budget I'd ever worked with for a corporate programme, the smallest crew (me)
and it was a nightmare. But that's not what this picture is about. Damascus, in happier days, was a
fabulous short trip destination from Beirut, via Ba'albek and the Beka'a Valley. The producer and I
went for a weekend, she to buy jewellery, me to see Damascus for the first time. With the shopping
out of the way, we wafted through the spice market to the Jupiter Gate, thence to the Great Mosque,
built by the Ummayid dynasty in 715AD. Cool inside, blistering outside in the great marble-laid
courtyard, the join between the two is where the photograph that I missed 'happened'. I'd just taken
this interior shot, with one man studying the Koran, another praying in the Central Mihrab and a
woman also praying, and had packed the camera kit away. Heading for the main entrance, I spotted
three large women coming in. As they bent over to remove their shoes, their voluminous black outer
garments reared up in unison in the updraft, and they looked like a meeting of hot-air balloons. The
picture would have won prizes, but it was the one that got away instead.

Prayers for Damascus

This elegant frame matches many of the tones in the picture

This elegant frame matches many of the tones in the picture

World gallery

A3 (c. 16"x12") print on:

Permajet Gold Silk (£26)

Innova Soft-textured matt (£24)

A2 (c. 23"x16") print on:
Permajet Gold Silk (£40)
Innova Soft-textured matt (£36)