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Thank you Darlene. “I bought it in 1969 in Bamako. I never met the photographer but he would have likely taken the picture in the Tombouctou or Gao areas of the Sahara. Photo taken over 50 years ago by a French man in Mali. Originally a black and white photo which has faded to sepia tones due to deficiencies in photo processing!”Background on Caleb/Wednesday/Hump Day Posts and Geico’s original commercial: Let’s Hit it Again.
What a great picture!!!
Agree Darlene.
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I can feel the sand in my shoes! What a cool photo!
Agree!
This photo is from a time when a photo meant something….
I’m not condemning modern photography, you know that – but I’m one looking with a certain nostalgie on ‘real photos’ on real paper with their grainy surface, their flaws and honesty.
As a fact; a tiny, tiny, really tiny toddler photo of me in a tiny, tiny wooden frame (!!!) sits even in my toilet book shelf reminding me and others of the sweet babe I was. Nowadays a toddler pic has to look like something from Igram or such.
So thank you Darlene, a great contribution.
Yep. I get it Kiki. And the work required to produce each photograph, wow.
caleb’s family photo from days of yore
Timeless. He lives forever.
Love to look at the family album.
Yes!
Your ancestors and now a king! Respect!
HHD, Dave!
Laughing!
😉
Oohhh, this one just oozes with atmosphere!
Doesn’t it though?!?!
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Wow!! Vintage … “I bought it in 1969 in Bamako. I never met the photographer but he would have likely taken the picture in the Tombouctou or Gao areas of the Sahara. Photo taken over 50 years ago by a French man in Mali. Originally a black and white photo which has faded to sepia tones due to deficiencies in photo processing!
Thanks for showing this well-done picture. That’s real photography, isn’t it? Great composition and moody.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Awesome shot! Agree Klausbernd.
I’m glad to see all the comments on my photo. I must say that I like the sepia tones it has become more than then original black and white.
Thanks again for sharing Darlene. Photo has aged like Fine Wine.
PS Part of my novel “Whispers Under the Baobab” is set in the Sahara in 1970 so the picture is very true to the novel or vice versa.
Cool….
Pile up on the inter-state! Take the next exit. Traffic backed up for the next two oases.
-Alan
Ha! Exactly!
Darlene, thanks for sharing such a great family treasure…
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This sparks so many memories. Adventures I would never have today, given the world situation that has hit even the remote regions of the Sahara. Thank you, David for letting me share.