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Gallery Isfahan
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Copyright: Zorica Helac (zhelach) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 521 W: 53 N: 1127] (8796)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-05
Categories: Artwork
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/12 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Colorfull [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-02-04 0:40
Viewed: 626
Favorites: 2 [view]
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
FOR MY FRIENDS SLAVICA & NECLA

A Persian carpet is just like a picture on the floor that carries thousands of years of love and longing within itself. The very composition of a carpets colors and motifsdepicts love, good wishes and longings of people who lived in the East hundreds of years ago

I can remember that even as a child in the village of my birth, Qorveh Dargezin, (in western Iran, eighty kilometers northwest of Hamadan) most of the women wove carpets. Every house had a loom, like an easel for painting, and we children watched our mothers and grandmothers sing and weave birds and roses. Day by day, those pictures came more and more to life. Whenever they needed to start a new carpetto set the warp and weftthey would call a man who had lucky hands. They would burn incense for this occasion, and a man who had a lucky step was called to enter the room where the carpet would be woven. The first knot needed to be made by a pure soul and with the name of God upon the lips. Day after day, each carpet was shaped in the same way.

People in my village believed that every color carried a certain meaning; through the combination of colors and motifs, they wove musica symphony of the soul. They were making gardens in which their thoughts were free to sing and to fly. There were no limitations for their playful thoughts, which were coming out of the garden of their hearts. For us, this was what we thought the art of weaving carpets was all about.

There was no electricity or television in our village. We were educated with stories and poetry. They taught us to understand the language of stones, earth, birds and roses. There are many different beliefs concerning the symbolism of carpets and their motifs, colors and patterns. I recall a story about a certain girl who wove an unusual carpet and no merchant would buy it. It was considered shameful for a girl in the village if she could not sell her carpet; people would think that she was incapable. But this girl was in love and she was happy by nature. Therefore, she left her carpet in one merchant`s shop and it stayed there for a long time. One day, a merchant from Hamadan came and as soon as he saw the carpet, he fell in love with it. He bought it and took it to his home. Although it was an unusual piece, the whole family liked it. Right away, they spread the carpet on the floor to admire its patterns. Now, this merchant had an ill son and the next day, the merchant`s son woke up strong and healthy. His face was happyhe even wanted to go out and have a walk in nature. From that day forward, he felt better and better until he was soon restored to full health. In this way, the motif of that carpet became famous and it was given the name: Cure for the merchant`s son. There are many stories about carpets, such as this one...
Muhammadi Parviz, Director

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mikolaj_cava, jazmin, mihaela_hk, SlavicaN, gnada, milas, kaooao, lisapw1, tanburi, norenastramus has marked this note useful
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To norenastramus: thanks : )zhelach 1 02-05 10:00
To tanburi: thanks : )zhelach 1 02-05 09:28
To lisapw1: thanks :)zhelach 1 02-04 22:57
To AleksaSrbin: hvala puno :)))zhelach 1 02-04 22:56
To kaooao: hvala puno :)zhelach 1 02-04 12:20
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To milas: thanks : )zhelach 1 02-04 12:18
To gnada: thanks : )zhelach 1 02-04 08:06
To studena: hvala :)zhelach 1 02-04 05:15
To mihaela_hk: thanks :)zhelach 1 02-04 05:14
To SlavicaN: hvala puno :)))zhelach 1 02-04 05:13
To jazmin: thanks :)zhelach 1 02-04 01:36
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Hello Zorica! Hard colors, interesting lightness. Very good composition. Nice shot. Well done!

Dear Zorica! Wow! Amazing colors. Amazing objects. Original picture. Cheers!

Hi, Zorica!

Special mood, wonderful colours! Good POV with nice framing!

Ildiko

Hej Zorice,

ovakve scene interijera su vrlo teške za fotografirati. Previše predmeta, previše boja, nema detalja koji zaista možeš izdvojiti.
Lijevi donji ugao ti je preosvjetljen, žarulje razbijaju tople tonove tepiha, a i fotka ti malo visi na desno.
Nisam sigurna da li sam sve ovo trebala napisati, ali ja ne pišem komentare zbog kvantiteta...
Nota je zato prekrasna, podsjetila me na puno divnih stvari..
Lijep pozdrav, i ne ljuti se... :)
Tanja

Pozdrav Zorice!
Interesting Turkish bedroom! I have seen one like this only in a museum in Drobeta Turnu Severin, near Serbia :)
Many greetings
Mihaela

Zdravo, Zoko:)

HVALA TI na ovako prekrasnom poklonu! Kao što sam rekla već nekoliko puta, obožavam ovakve fotografije, pune sjaja i šarenila, bez obzira što ni jedan predmet ne možeš izdvojiti - u tome i jeste šarm orijentalnog kolorita.

Priča je takođe predivna, gde li si je samo našla!?

Puno hvala još jedno, sigurnassam da će i Necla biti oduševljena kao i ja:)

Veliki zahvalni pozdrav, Slavica

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  • gnada Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2662 W: 74 N: 4764] (21695)
  • [2008-02-04 7:30]
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Hi Zorice...
Divan poklon snimak Istocnjackog stila...
Zanimljiva fotka i text...
Poz. George

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  • milas Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2726 W: 412 N: 2986] (32791)
  • [2008-02-04 8:30]
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merhaba myfriend Zorica...
Very baeutiful shot.İnteresting POV, colours, details and perspective.TFS.
Regards.

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1695 W: 124 N: 1443] (20454)
  • [2008-02-04 11:12]
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Zdravo Zorica,
what a beautiful coloured compo.What a beautiful surpirise for me.You made me happy.Many many thanks for your gift and beautiful note my friend.Pozdrav.Necla.

Pozdrav Zorice!

Ah, cilimi u Morica hanu :)
super boje, jer tu je nekako uvjek mracno.
Moja fotografija kapije, je vezana za ovu bracu Morica.

Sjajno Zoko!Divan šareniš:)
Pozdrav.
A.

Zorica, What a fascinating story to go with this beautiful photograph. Through tl, I am learning about photography as well as coming closer to those who live on opposite sides of the world. I think we all learn to appreciate and respect our differences!

Beautiful lighting, brilliant colors, and very interesting pattern and repetition.

well done! Lisa

Hi Zorica,
Wonderful oriental atmosphere.
Beautiful carpet color and designs. Good POV.
TFS
Selahattin E

Hello Zorica.
very nicely done great frame beautiful work.
Well done my friend.TFS.
Greetings
H.Ayhan

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