Snapshots from a Bygone Era

[flavio]

Before the malls and the chain supermarkets, there was the open city market place.

Mahane Yehuda is often referred to as the 'Shuk', is "the" outdoor marketplace in Jerusalem. It is one of my all time favorites. I used to shop here, as a young Ph.D. student, every single friday for about 5 years.

A little history from the wiki: Mahaneh Yehuda dates back to the end of the 19th century, when it was established on an empty lot owned by the Sephardi Valero family. Arab merchants sold goods to residents outside the Old City, saving them the long walk to the Old City food markets. Eventually, Jewish merchants opened stalls there.

The market is a mixing pot of cultures, colors, smells, people, goods, food, and almost anything else that comes to mind. A real-living example of diversity co-existance and tolerance.

We drove up to Jerusalem the other day and I came back with a few pictures, veggies, cheeses, wines and a smile.

I made virtual-polaroid snapshots and put together this collage (some of the individual originals can be found at: Jerusalem - a set on Flickr)



For the polaroid frames I used plug in called:Polaroid GENERATOR V2 provided by ~rawimage

[angeleyes216]

I really like this compostion and the polaroid photos works well in the collage setting...gives the eye so much to look at and keeps me interested. Nice work.

[Chewys Dad]

This is very creative Flavio and I enjoyed looking at each photo in the collage. Well done
Thanks for the history/culture lesson and for sharing this
Michael

[flavio]

Originally Posted by angeleyes216

I really like this compostion and the polaroid photos works well in the collage setting...gives the eye so much to look at and keeps me interested. Nice work.

Thanks Angela!
I had so many pictures that I liked that I decided to put them together. I was afraid of the overload, but may be it is OK.

[flavio]

Originally Posted by Chewys Dad

This is very creative Flavio and I enjoyed looking at each photo in the collage. Well done
Thanks for the history/culture lesson and for sharing this
Michael

Thanks for your word. Always so kind!
Thanks for taking the time and going through the individual snapshots.

[Bernzfotos]

Very creative - looking at them individually there are some great shots in there. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Bernz

[flavio]

Originally Posted by Bernzfotos

Very creative - looking at them individually there are some great shots in there. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Bernz

Thank you for taking the time and look at them with some attention.
This was a "some assembly required" kind of project.
I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[ajithpr]

Very nostalgic! I'm not generally a great fan of collages, but this one with the glimpses of life is great!

[teedlepeep]

Great work !! The whole collage is just so interesting and visually appealing. I love looking into others cultures as sometimes I just feel so sheltered where I am.

[flavio]

Originally Posted by soulsearcher

Very nostalgic! I'm not generally a great fan of collages, but this one with the glimpses of life is great!

Thanks, I appreciate your comments and I'm glad you liked my collage (I'm not a fan of them myself, but I had the feeling it would work OK in this case).