Click to enlargeThis photo of a Bedouin woman sitting in a traditional tent baking pitot (pitah bread) on a taboun could have easily been taken one hundred years ago. Only the roll of toilet paper she left on the table gives a clue that it is not in fact an old photo.
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In fact, it was taken this past December at the Joe Alon Center for Bedouin Culture in the Negev Desert in the south of Israel.
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The more I see the more I want to see. Maybe someday I will be able to travel and see other parts of the world. Thanks so much for "sharing".
ReplyDeleteYou know Robin, I think I might have overlook that roll of toilet paper... Ha! You have an excellent photo and a wonderful sepia tone! :)
ReplyDeleteWow, Robin! Really cool pic for this WW!!
ReplyDeleteGood one .. I didnt notice the toilet paper, I mean I noticed but didnt realize what it was!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize you had been in Israel that long! :-) Great shot Robin.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot!I didn't notice the toilet toilet paper, until I've read it, lol.
ReplyDeletewhat a fine shot.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that toilet roll will come in handy for this lady if her scarf ever get blown away by the wind!! :P
ReplyDelete*just.kidding*
What a great shot, looks very authentic. Maybe next time she poses she can move her tp.
ReplyDeleteSepia can only enhance the past, that isn't the past for many. This picture looks as if it could have been take hundreds of years ago (had the camera been invented, that is)
ReplyDeleteShe makes a great subject for Sepia!
ReplyDeleteI saw the TP but thought it was a roll of regular paper. Only in color would it have been evident.
Well done Robin!
My Sepia post is at Carletta’s Captures.
Yep. I doubt that the Bedouin lifestyle has changed very much in the last hundred years actually. Fantastic shot!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo! She has a bit of a sad look in her eyes. Of course, I could be reading into it.
ReplyDeleteIt reminds of photos of Israel from the 1950s or earlier.
Beautiful shot, Robin. :D
ReplyDeleteI love pictures like this and the mystery they contain. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteFunny how the toilet paper and turban both have an excess part on them hihi, great shot, its nice the woman looked your way!
ReplyDeleteGreat picture and works very good in sepia
ReplyDeleteToilet paper on the bread making table? Ummm, thanks. I'm not hungry. You crack me up. And, I'm so jealous of your photographs. You are so good.
ReplyDeleteI love how visiting blogs allows me to travel the world in sight if not in person:)
ReplyDeleteCool photo!
I was looking at the detail in the fabric of her dress and the veins on her hands, but I never noticed the toilet paper!
ReplyDeleteThat's a very good picture Robin!
timeless--except for the tp
ReplyDeletegreat photo
That's not something you see every day!
ReplyDeleteI would have never noticed the toilet paper as I was captured by her eyes! Lovely shot!!
ReplyDeleteincredible capture Robin! I kept coming back to look at more
ReplyDeleteWOW - great shot but I was really drawn to that clean kitchen in your header. rofl!!! Happy WW.
ReplyDeleteYou fooled me, Robin. I actually made my own "pitas" once and they all puffed up and seperated just like you would imagine. It was almost magical to see it happen. I like this peek into another world.
ReplyDeleteWhat a CLEAN island you live in....... and the picture of the lady in Negev is just simply so real.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised she's not holding a cup of Starbucks.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised she let you take her photo. ;-) Nice shot, Robin!
ReplyDeleteGreat sepia scene! I wouldn't have noticed the toilet paper, if you didn't mention it :).
ReplyDeleteReally great picture. It does look old and could be, except for the TP. Photoshop, anyone?
ReplyDeleteThis is a shot I would have loved to take myself. Good work.
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