Art in All of Us in Mozambique
Taken a couple of days ago in Ilha do Mocambique, a small island forgotten some 2500km from Mozambiquan capital Maputo.
It is less than 3 km long but has more than 1500 years of history. Until 1898 this was the capital of the Portuguese colony of Mozambique and the focal point of their trade and industry. The island was a major Arab port and boatbuilding centre long before Vasco da Gama visited in 1498. The island is an amazing melting pot of cultures with influences of Madagascar, Tanzania, India, Portugal, Brazil, and the Middle East, even if 85% of the inhabitants are Muslims.
Today, the island is a maze of narrow streets hemmed by tall buildings with a bustling harbour and market.
I decided to work there in a school for the Art in All of Us activities. It was a long trip from Lilongwe (capital of Malawi) to get this Pearl of the Ocean. No direct transport to do the about 1000 km to the Island. It is then with patience, smile and craziness that we traveled 180 km of minibus, 60 km of pick up, 15 km of bushtaxi, 7km of bicycle, 10km by foot, 180 hitchhiking, 550 km by train, 4 km by foot, 125 km of minibus, 55 km of minibus to reach the embark to the Ilha. It was worth the nearly 3 days and nights of travel and transpiration. Kids of the visited school were really amazing and so creative ! Their drawings and poetries will be uploaded soon on our website. In the meanwhile you can see recent uploaded Jordan gallery http://www.artinallofus.org/photos.htm
This picture was taken early morning in front of the green Mosque. It was prayer time. A magic moment we spent before school starts !
No photoshop on this picture. Straight from my Nikon D200!
Anthony
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SnapHappy
beautiful child
Martin Mullen
Great composition and colour that really makes it.
A fine image!
Catherine Crim...
fantastic portrait..beautiful colors…. stunning child
Paul Vanzella
wonderful work – love your viewpoint here and the colour is amazing!
ellymae
stunningly beautiful!
Michael Lane
There is such amazing colour in this shot. Great composition again too.
Andrew Edgar
stunning, beautiful tones
lex7
What beautiful color… great angles.. wonderful work.
Jen Cannella
Amazingly stunning image!
Boof
Beautiful!
Melinda Kerr
Brilliant! Exceptional colours. Great perspective.
Claire McAdams
awesome colors!
nsoup
Great colours and a lovely portrait.
helene ruiz
great image
NVJasmin
pretty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lynauklet
Beautiful. This is really stunning, Anthony.
Judith Oppenhe...
i just logged out with a migraine, and had to log back in to comment on this. it is so stunningly beautiful a portrait, it makes me second guess all my work. wonderful the work you are doing too.
Firedrake
How beautiful. The colours are amazing!
stormphotonet
what a face and smile you shot it well
Lachlan Kent
What a beautiful photo… lovely colours and I love there’s nothing more evocative than a good bit of street photography
emapearl
gorgeous :) i love the colours in this too. stunning.
DesignbySolo
Fantastic image with great colors and composition… not much room for improvement here
Dreamcoat
Beautifully captured portrait. Also I like the composition, depth of field and bright colour range. Great all-round shot.
Dreamcoat
Great story as well. Also I’m glad it’s a natural shot with no Photoshop work. I’m waiting to buy the Canon 40D. I’d like to take photos from different places with a mixed culture infusion, too. Tick!
Jessica Tremp
oh wow, Anthony, such an amazing colourful picture
N Chester
This is superb. The colours, the composition. Great shot
Nicole Goggins
sensational photo! love the colours and perspective… and that child has the most adorable face – great shot!
Holly Werner
This is a great image.
kimbaross
Great composition, this works on a number of levels.
greenfrog153
Lovely potrait Anthony.
Erin Irwin
that is just beautiful, i love the composition :)
joolz
Fabulous colour and composition.
ollyjones
This is an outstanding portrait
Mariette/Flowi...
stunning shot, love the pink and green.
Hannah Nicholas
Wow. Amazing capture (and story).
Cadence Gamache
Simply amazing – you’re a brilliant photographer.
Alyson Pearson
such a great shot, gorgeous colours, composition and of course the subject is beautiful!
Diane
Incredible. Your pictures are amazing.
Alessandro Pinto
You are my Idol Now…What an Amazing Shot !!!
Anita Schep
FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
erinfrank
I really like this
Vonney
This child has such a soft, innocent look,
and the rich color and shine of his/her
skin comes across beautifully. He/she
looks contented and happy too.
ZoltanBalogh
Wow
Zaldy Infante
love the angle, space, composition, colors, lighting!!!
TanyaDuffy
Lovely colours, nice dof, lovely little model xx
Heloisa Castro
brilliant capture
GedNankervis
Incredible.
Tatum Wulff 25 days ago
Incredibly beautiful work! This image
and some of your other candid street portraitswould be a great addition to our group, All Street Portraiture & Photography.Colinizing Ph... 25 days ago
wow.