Tanners' Quarter, Fes, Morocco

Posted by
Aaron S (Auckland, New Zealand) on 25 September 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

I stumbled through the Medina of Fes for hours before randomly finding Suuq Dabbaghin, the Tanners' Quarter. I was lead to the top of a small terrace and given some mint to help suppress the horrendous smell of the fresh cow skins that were being prepared for leather tanning. It was quite an experience.

Canon EOS 20D 1/160 second F/10.0 ISO 100 28 mm

Comments (15)

See The Light from Newcastle, United States

Great shot.I have only seen this in text books. The dye pots are wonderful. What a great experience.

25 Sep 2007 5:38am

Davio from Aucks, New Zealand

Wow!

There is so many things to look at in that shot. That's awesome. I don't think I've seen anything quite like that before, even though I've been to Cappadocia in Turkey.

Where is that d00d's mint?

25 Sep 2007 6:09am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Great documentary shot !

25 Sep 2007 6:26am

Hans from Heiligeneich, Austria

one of the amazing pics i ever seen...what a szene

25 Sep 2007 7:15am

Dimitrios from Greece

I have seen many pictures of this place, I was fortunate to visit it some time ago, it always amazes me, well done.

25 Sep 2007 7:32am

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Great shot!Nice composition!Well done!

25 Sep 2007 8:45am

Ian Bramham from Manchester, United Kingdom

Tremendous photo - I love the tones & colours. I'm so glad that you didn't crop out the satellite dishes at the top as they add to whole surreal feel of the image.

25 Sep 2007 12:37pm

@Ian Bramham: Thought about it but I figured it made a nice contrast of new and old. Cheers.

Rachel from United States

What an amazing shot! I love all the different sections and lines in this.

25 Sep 2007 3:05pm

e. from Washington DC, United States

This is a great photo. I love all the different shades of brown you captured.

26 Sep 2007 7:54am

Les Ducak from Burlington, Canada

What struck me is the incredible clash of cultures, past and present, side by side in satellite dishes and tanning methods. Great photo.

26 Sep 2007 4:14pm

ian russell from gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Interesting subject, well captured. An image worthy of National Geographic!

2 Oct 2007 8:25am

Sandrine from United States

Awesome picture!

9 Oct 2007 2:44am

Evi from Athens, Greece

So beautiful, so striking, so unique....Bravo!

25 Oct 2007 7:13pm

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Wow, interesting shot. This should be a big print up on someone's wall.

9 Jan 2008 2:27pm

Maria Draper from California, United States

what an interesting sight

23 May 2011 1:48am

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