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Libyan Portrait #3


Libyan Portrait #3
Photo Information
Copyright: Yiannis Logiotatidis (logios) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 120 W: 28 N: 279] (1856)
Genre: People
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-26
Categories: Macro
Camera: Nikon D70, 18-70 Nikkor DX, Marumi 67mm c-pl
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/40 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Libya, Libyan Portraits [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-07-06 6:34
Viewed: 1141
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This the third picture (first)and (second)of the series. This a Tuareg in his tent in the middle of the desert.
The Tuareg (sometimes spelled Touareg in French, or Twareg in English) are a Berber ethnic group or nation. Tuareg is a name that was applied to them by early explorers and historians (since Leo Africanus), but they call themselves variously Kel Tamasheq, Kel Tamajaq "Speakers of Tamasheq" and Imouhar, Imuhagh, Imazaghan or Imashaghen "the Free people". The meaning of the word Twareg has been long discussed, since it does not seem Berber. Probably it is Twārəg, the "broken plural" of Tārgi, a Ḥassānīya Arabic word whose former meaning was "inhabitant of Targa" (the Tuareg name of the Libyan region commonly known as Fezzan; targa in Berber means "(drainage) channel"). The Tuareg people also identify themselves with the concept Tamust, "The Nation".

The Tuareg today are found mostly in West Africa, but, like many in Northern Africa, were once nomads throughout the Sahara. They have a little-used but ancient script known as the tifinaɤ; its origins may lie with the Punic script.
Source : wikidedia

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Γεια σου Γιαννη,

Ομορφο πορτραιτο! Δειχνει πολυ γλυκος και ευγενικος ανθρωπος με τον τροπο που ποζαρει. Τα χρωματα και οι λεπτομερειες ειναι πολυ καλες! Μπραβο!
Να εισαι καλα!

Κωνσταντινος

Γειά σου φίλε Γιάννη, ενα εξαιρετικό πορτραίτο, με καλό καδράρισμα, απαλό φωτισμό και όμορφα χρώματα.
Βασίλης

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