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Showing posts with label Grand Socco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Socco. Show all posts

Thursday, 8 August 2013

The colours of Tangier: yellow

Yellow, the happy colour of a summer day in the sun, of the sand under your sandals at the beach, of tall maturing wheat in a field and of summer fruit for sale at the market.



The warm tone of a reed umbrella at the Océan beach.



A hand made cotton coverlet against a yellow wall at Foundouk Chejra, the weavers workshops.


A fleeting bright yellow djellaba on the Grand Socco square.

Candy, sweets and cookie containers awaiting to be filled and offered.

A pale yellow wall underneath a maze of electrical wires and power boxes...


...and the even paler yellow of a party headdress on almost life-like mannequins.


Touches of man-made and nature's-work golden yellows in the foundouk.

Images: Joelle Desparmet

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

The colours of Tangier: blue

Blue, the colour of the sea and the sky that surround you in Tangier but also random splashes of blue here and there and everywhere.


Indigo dyed garments worn by the Tuareg nomads....



...the pale blue flowers of plumbago coming out of a retaining wall.



A plastic covered school chair in the weaver's shop.


A quiet sun-drenched alley in Asilah on a lazy afternoon.


A white and blue striped fouta (Abanja) on a lounger at the L'Océan beach.


A striking blue djellaba on a dignified and elegant old man at the Grand Socco square.

Images: Sylvie Pellet, Joelle Desparmet