I slept for a little longer then usual today. A part of my fatigue yesterday was due to not having the time to eat. Two bowls of cereal was all that I could master.
I went to have dinner at my brothers house then coffee and some mindless TV watching. It’s nice to just relax sometimes. I feel that I have put in some good work the last few days so it’s alright. Tomorrow I will be heading down to the culture center to make sure everything is alright. I’ll sneak a peek to find out if there are some people looking at my work. The next projects are already being thought about, it’s a good idea to always keep moving.
Ohh, and I need to go out and find a good place to get a drivers license. I know its embracing at my age not having one, especially with people around me that have been telling me for years to get one. This is a practical thing that I cant, as a photographer, live without any more. I’ll tell you more about it later.
The picture above is from Damascus. It’s taken by my cousin Ahmed Masri, that went with me one day out and about. I’m talking with a young kid, a goat herder who lives in Sayida Zeinab. He is one of the children that ended in my exhibition.
Published on October 9, 2008 12:38 am.
Filed under: Daily life Tags: exhibition, Sayida Zeinab
First of all, thanks for the people who showed up.
Everything went great. I had a chance to talk about my motivation for the project, the story behind, etc. There will be a article about it in the end of the week In a small paper that I’m looking forward to reading. I must say I’m busted after a whole day of work and talk and being on the spot, so I’ll just stop now and post something tomorrow.
Sorry I don’t have pictures yet, my mentor Morten Mejnecke snapped a few, so they will be here later.
Published on October 7, 2008 11:46 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: exhibition
I finished the framing today. Now there are at the center in a stack ready to be hung up on the wall. I bumped into the editor of the other Arab newspaper we have in Denmark. Other one then the one that interviewed me yesterday. They will also show up, so now the coverage in the Arab community is pretty good. Apart from that I send out a press release yesterday to most of the media outlets, hoping to get some coverage there as well. A small newspaper had a bit about the exhibition today telling there readers to go and check it out.
The picture above is of the Wine-leave-with-rise-wrapping-machine seller I came by In Damascus. He is up against the wall of the Omayyad Mosque in the center of the old city. This may seam like bad business, but while I was taking pictures of him he sold 3 machines.
Published on October 3, 2008 10:40 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: damascus, exhibition
Why am I doing this? What would I like the outcome to be? Why refugees in Syria? This and a lot more was what I had the chance to talk about when I was interviewed for a newspaper aimed at the Arab community today. It’s in Arab, so I’ll need to get my next door neighbour who works as a translator to work out what they end up writing about me. It’s kind of nice to get some attention. This was not the first interview I was a part of, but the first time I was the one who was asked.
Tomorrow I’ll finish what I started today, and that is putting the last pictures in frames. Framing them really make me think about my photography. The enormous journey that a picture takes from when the shutter is pressed to the final print, really puts everything in perspective. The hours that are put into a project like this has to be of little relevance in relation to the story that is to be displayed. But if the pictures does a poor job of telling it, then the journey is meaningless. Time will tell.
The picture above is one of the thousands of beautiful side streets you find in the old city in Damascus.
Published on October 2, 2008 9:20 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: arab, damascus, exhibition, interview, print, Syria
Today I made the prints and also a poster for the exhibition with ‘Søren’. He is the one at the culture center who deal with print and PR. He really did a good job and I’m happy with the results. The poster in its self is not the most beautiful design. It’s a template they use for all there posters, so there were nothing much I could do apart from selecting the colors and what to write on it.
It says something like:
“Returning Home, 7-31 October 2008, opening at 19:30
A Photoessay about returning Iraqi refugees from Syria by Ali Nabulsi.
Published on October 1, 2008 6:39 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: exhibition, poster, print
I’m almost ready to get everything printed for the exhibition. It will all happen on Wednesday, hopefully. To be honest I have never tried to put a picture in a frame, but how hard can it be?
Above is one of the pictures that I’m not gonna include in the final selection, but still have some attraction towards. A hand full of souls I came by in Syria will always be with me. Rabaea is one of them. Amongst the children I photographed in Setti Zenep he stood out of the crowd. He asked me for a print, and after I made it, I had it with me everywhere I went in case I would come by the area. I tried two times to find him and give it, but all of a sudden I couldn’t find him, and i ran out of time. I’ll try again when I return to Syria.
Published on September 29, 2008 4:32 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: exhibition, print, rabaea, setti zenep, Syria
On the 7th of Oct. and the rest of the month I will be showing some of the work that I did in Syria. The theme will be Iraqi refugees returning home.
I must say I’m looking forward to it. With not everything selected yet there is some work still to be done, but who doesn’t like deadlines?
For obvious reasons I wont be showing any pictures before.
If you are in Copenhagen in Oct then come by and have a look, the admission is free. It’s on the World Culture Center on Nørre Alle 7, Cph N
Map here!
If you have problems getting there give me a call.
Published on September 27, 2008 10:43 pm.
Filed under: Photography Tags: exhibition, iraq, pictures, refugee, show, Syria, verdens kultur centeret
