Photo: Souk Vendor, Tripoli, Lebanon

Place: Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli, Mohafazat Liban-Nord, Lebanon

Shannon Dagher

By Shannon Dagher
Uploaded on 2 December 2007
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Souk Vendor, Tripoli, Lebanon

Produce vendor in the Old Tripoli (Ṭrāblos, in Arabic) souk, Lebanon.

The Souk is long and dark and seems to continue forever. I will always remember the smell...a pungent mixture of sewage (being below street-level), animals, raw meat (from the open-air butchers), produce, baked sweets, animals, stagnant water & mud (from the rain while I was there) and body odor. Congested with people, this tiny alleyway souk is the hub of daily life. A wonderful memory. :)

Canon EOS 400D/Digital Rebel XTi

Canon EFS 18-55mm. lens

Tripoli, Lebanon

11.14.2007

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  • 21 December 2007, Brian Minnie said:

    Nice photo. I especially like the contrast between the brightly colored produce and the drab, weathered walls in the background. The vendor's tired posture adds to a sense of the scene - you made me feel like I was right there in the souk.

  • 21 December 2007, Shannon Dagher said:

    Thank you so much...it was an awesome place to be. :)

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