I thought of a fun idea today which is to start a new series of posts called “Freeze, I will shoot you!”. Breathe, the thing has nothing to do with the shooting we’re used to in Lebanon, the idea is to go to some area in Lebanon (where else?!) for the purpose of taking some nice photos of the place and then publish them in a blog post here. I’ll be also open to suggestions if you have some nice place in mind.
I will start today with Sodeco, one of my favorite streets in Beirut. The reason why I originally went there was to shoot the old buildings that still have marks from the civil war on the. I leave you with the photos.
Facing Sodeco square, this building is currently being renovated by the municipality of Beirut.
Showing contrast between two buildings, one has witnessed the civil war and the other eventually didn’t!
Another building currently being renovated.
Same building from the inside.
Same building from the inside.
The street leading to Monot.
P.S: For some reason, the lightbox plugin on my blog (the image overlay thing) seems to be broken, so whenever you click on an image you will be taken to a new webpage instead of displaying it on a grey background. I promise I’ll be working on it today!
Rami! Love the photos, especially the first one with the red coccinelle & red construction things.
And the last one with the sepia tone.. Beautiful!
It’s really frustrating how our nice old building are like that!! We are loosing our culture because people are following the money. I think it’s a great project, I know a lot of angry people from this situation, maybe we should organize something?
Rami, are there any photography clubs for hobbyists in Beirut where we can meet once a month or more on weekends and go around the country taking photos of people/places/things?
can you do the downtown synagogue?
I like it when you shoot the buildings from the war era. I feel they contain history. It would be nice to take such pictures before they renovate them.
nice idea!! i love that building, they’re not going to renovate them are they?
Razmig, there is a group on facebook, photograph in Lebanon, or something like that, they meet up some place and take photos.
Thank you all!
@razmig
You can check http://www.catchingzlight.com, it’s a Lebanese photography club and they organize outings every now and then.
@lukewarm
Nice idea, will try to do it soon 😉
Great new idea! BTW there are many beautiful abandoned old building in the Sanayeh area near the garden.
@Darine
Thanks Darine! Will try to visit the location.