Photographic postings.
Christ with a golden-crossed halo receiving the Holy Spirit during Baptism. The Kebran 1 Gospels are one of only a few Ethiopian manuscripts known to use gold, and interested me for this reason and for the excellent depictions of scribes in the Evangelist portraits.
A view off the edge of the escarpment, along the road from Tenta to Gashena, Wollo Province, Ethiopia.
A farmstead in the rural village of Zigroa, outside of Mekane Eyesus (Iste) in South Gonder. The crop in the front is tef, the national staple crop of the highlands, with maize in the background. Eucaluptus, an introduced species, is the most common type of tree seen in Ethiopia, where it is used as a building supply, for firewood, shade and windbreaks.
Various colours of maize are on display in the market at Mekane Eyesus (Iste) in South Gonder.
The golden cross on the roof of Hayq Estifanos (The Church of St. Stephen at Hayq). Hayq Estifanos is a monastic community on a peninsula in Lake Hayq (Lake Lake) in the Wollo area of Ethiopia. It was an important early site of monasticism South of Tigray and today is a pleasant place birds sing and monks grow crops.
Recently, I had the good fortune to photograph Jackie and Ben’s wedding. We had fun taking formals in front of Osgoode Hall, before heading to a great Toronto institution–the chip truck, for their first meal as a married couple. Here’s the first instalment.
Signing the marriage contract. . .
Kissing in front of a beautiful rosebush in the gardens of Osgoode Hall. . .
Walking hand in hand. . .
Ben groaned when I motioned toward the pillars, anticipating that I wanted to take a peekaboo shot. I hope the result changed his mind. . .
A cat looks out into the streets of the Jubol, the old city of Harar, to see what I am doing in its territory.
My most interesting photos, as chosen by flickr’s interestingness algorithm. This set is automatically generated on a regular basis and a good introduction to what other people have liked in my work. It lacks coherence, as it is a mix of landscape and travel images.
Qes Deseta Altah was one of my informants for my dissertation research on Ethiopian scribal production. I took this portrait while meeting with him at his home in Gelawdios, outside of Bahir Dar.