Women (and a goat) chat at a typical shop on the streets of Harar.
Category: Photography
Photographic postings.
Goat #3 (Chewing Chat), Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
This goat is partaking of the leaves of chat (qat), the favorite past-time and narcotic of choice of the Harari people. Only the young soft leaves are chewed to gain the narcotic effects (followed by a period of stimulation), so the rest are thrown into the street for the goats, with predictable results in terms of alternatively sedated and stimulated goats.
Goat #2, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Goat week!
Goat #1, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
Street Scene, Harar, Ethiopia, 2009
A man walks by a poster showing some of the Italian influence in Harar, as elsewhere in Ethiopia.
John #2(m), Toronto, October 2009
My friend John needed a portrait for an upcoming talk he is giving to the provincial genealogical society, something that confidently says academic, while retaining a bit of his personal edge. I am pretty happy with the result.
John #2(a), Toronto, October 2009
My friend John needed a portrait for an upcoming talk he is giving to the provincial genealogical society, something that confidently says academic, while retaining a bit of his personal edge. I am pretty happy with the result.
I am back to Ethiopia until the 3rd of December!
Dog #1, Harar, Ethiopia, August 2009
A dog sits in front of a shop on the main street of the old city of Harar. Two variants, person and no.
All this week (which is a travel week, so no guarantee how many there will be), I will post dogs of Harar.
Cat #5, Harar, Ethiopia, July 2009
I was really interested in the second version of this image, with the cat looking into the laundry, when I was shooting it. On reflection, I think the a version is stronger, but I couldn’t resist sharing both.
That’s all the cat photos for this week–next week, dogs (more cat photos in the future!).
Update (17 April 2011): Apparently this photo has been turned into a mixed-media painting elsewhere on the internet:
Cat #4, Harar, Ethiopia, July 2009
As previously mentioned, Harari houses exist around enclosed courtyards, hidden behind walls. This cat was cautiously watching the street from the safety of an only partly-open door. I was really indecisive today, so you have three variants to choose from!
All this week, I’ll be putting up photos from my series on the cats of Harar–stay tuned!