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The Art of Photography => Street Showcase => Topic started by: Ivo_B on September 21, 2019, 11:48:54 am

Title: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Ivo_B on September 21, 2019, 11:48:54 am
Normally I don’t raise my camera for street performance. It’s most of the time utterly boring photography.
I made an exception for this dancing Derwisj.

😳

Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Slobodan Blagojevic on September 21, 2019, 12:16:52 pm
Belgium’s new national dance? 😉
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Ivo_B on September 21, 2019, 12:19:48 pm
Belgium’s new national dance? 😉

Who knows what’s in the future....

Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: RSL on September 21, 2019, 12:20:37 pm
Normally I don’t raise my camera for street performance. It’s most of the time utterly boring photography.

Good idea, Ivo. I agree.
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 21, 2019, 02:08:18 pm
The mixed reactions of the viewers add a lot to the image.
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Rob C on September 21, 2019, 02:32:39 pm
The mixed reactions of the viewers add a lot to the image.

Just watched an arts programme on france24.com that dealt with the annual book fair they hold in Paris. Turns out there is a book influencer presence on the Internet too, and they filmed people standing before a table littered with new books (of which there are fewer this year), cellphone in hand, consulting the blessed thing... you could not make it up if you are over fifteen years of age.

You'd be forgiven for imagining that anyone bright enough to be able to read or to navigate a modern cellphone could make that kind of decision for themselves. Like Cameron and Brexit, though, it payeth not to overestimate your audience's intelligence. There, I got that in!
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: brandtb on September 22, 2019, 05:12:42 pm
Nice image
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: RBFritz on September 27, 2019, 10:58:06 pm
Nice shot. The dancer's expression makes me think if he's wondering 'Why am I doing this and am I going to make any money off of it?"
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Rob C on September 28, 2019, 09:06:58 am
Nice shot. The dancer's expression makes me think if he's wondering 'Why am I doing this and am I going to make any money off of it?"


His next thought was: and these people stop to watch me spin round and round. They need to see a friggin' spin doctor.

Rob
Title: Re: Dancing Derwisj
Post by: Ivo_B on September 28, 2019, 09:47:32 am
Actually, a Derwisj is a Sufi clergyman and collecting the heavenly love with his hand upwards and spreading it with his hand downwards.