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Picture This: Caring for the Earth | Picture This: Caring for the Earth is a photo contest seeking out positive images documenting ordinary people on the African continent and their work to mitigate or prevent the consequences of climate change and environmental degradation. While the poorest in developing countries are often the first to feel these effects, they are also the true experts and potentially the most powerful advocates for protecting their own environmental future.

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Such quality contests are worth spreading the work, I invite you all to give it a try.

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Foto scattata a Bobo Diolasso,in Burkina faso,per le Mille Afriche Del Cinema a Roma 2007.

mandomafioso has added a photo to the pool:

Le Kef, Tunisia

Sandton Convention Centres, Johannesburg. 13 au 16 mars 2008.

The curated show As You Like It is a unique element of the Joburg Art Fair. Simon Njami and Thembinkosi Goniwe have selected 29 emergent contemporary artists to exhibit the ‘now’ of contemporary African art making. The show provides an overview of the general themes in contemporary African art along with a fresh perspective of the scope of the field itself.

I’m really delighted to see such events promoting photography in Africa and more happy to see two Tunisian artists on the list, Africa needs a voice a way to show up the way it wants to, as a major photojournalism victim the stored life in the continent was always a wasted potential behind the scene of war and starving.

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Sandton Convention Centres, Johannesburg. 13 au 16 mars 2008.

The curated show As You Like It is a unique element of the Joburg Art Fair. Simon Njami and Thembinkosi Goniwe have selected 29 emergent contemporary artists to exhibit the ‘now’ of contemporary African art making. The show provides an overview of the general themes in contemporary African art along with a fresh perspective of the scope of the field itself.

I’m really delighted to see such events promoting photography in Africa and more happy to see two Tunisian artists on the list, Africa needs a voice a way to show up the way it wants to, as a major photojournalism victim the stored life in the continent was always a wasted potential behind the scene of war and starving.

Go to [Joburg Art Fair]

The recent war between France and Tunis which upset government of the latter and made the Tunisian a sort of department of France has not benefited M. Chazal for he was an intimate acquaintance of the Bey fifteen months indeed M. Chazal was an inmate of the at Tunis for the Bey’s brother is an accomplished thanks to our host tuition Very soon the came to appreciate the value of photography and like wise man he cast about for a thorough master who could the art root and branch His brother however the more apt pupil although the Bey himself was imbued with the importance of photography that he upon establishing a private studio for himself C. Chazal was sent for and given carte blanche both in respect construction and expenditure and the consequence was in a few months the Bey’s palace at Tunis boasted one the most complete photographic establishments The of glorious old Carthage or rather what is left of are very close to Tunis as every student of the knows full well and this spot afforded plenty of scope to the Royal photographs.

From The Photographic News edited by Sir William Crookes, G Wharton Simpson

It’s a very strange text of memory, M. Chazal (Who seems to be British) seems to be a pioneer photographer in North Africa, as he have been in Algeria, the contact with the royal family have established deep photography tradition inside the palace of the Bey thus making the epidemic of the photo such a Royal affair.

I don’t remember seeing any photos labeled by the name of a Bey, I wonder where did the works of his majesty gone, such photography should be one of the first art works ever in Tunisia, we know few things about the monarchy and we know fewer things about the Photos at that times.

“Maison africaine du photographie” aka MAP(African house of Photography) is a public institution with scientific, technological and artistic profile, having its own management system granted by the Malian government. Based on Mali with African goals, it’s taking care of the Bamako photography festival.

The main mission of the MAP is a collection task, saving et promoting et spreading the African photography. It has been giving support to the association and professional photographers making exchange in Africa and the worldwide.

The MAP was made up since 2004 to solve the many issues managing the Bamako Photography festival(Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine de Bamako- since 1994) by the Malian ministry of culture through the gathering of many African photography experts.

[MAP homepage]

Bechi Manoubi was born in November 24,1930 in Tunis he started his career as boxer -He was even Tunisian Boxing champion in 1958- before becoming a sport photographer by 1960, he has been in the major world events as 10 world cups and 12 summer Olympic games and three Mohamed Ali boxing matches, he is believed to the be the most known photographer of Africa.

He used to wear a special clothing making him easily remarkable everywhere he went: the Mexican hat with a several Tunisian flogs and tens of cards covering both his jacket and hat he have been collecting. The whole thing wights 50 Kg that he owe him to get mentioned in the Guinness book. Unfortunately although his great works all along the 60 years of sport photojournalism, he was never rewarded nor locally nor outside the country.

In his testament, Bechir Manoubi asked that:
- Save his archives.
- His costume to be used.
- Keep on his mission thus Hosni ,his son, has taken the flame.

[Bechi Manoubi Official Webiste]
[Bechi Manoubi Official Galleries]

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The Arab Images Foundation® is a not for profit organization dedicated to the safeguarding of modern and contemporary visual arts in the Arab world, and has done important work in the field of civil society development by highlighting the daily life of local populations in the Middle East and North Africa. Using photography, it aims to show what usually stays out of the mainstream media’s focus.

This is one of the few places where you can count Arabic made by Arab(almost) photography, because in the Arab world, photography is that about stock, it’s still a hobby leading to mockery. I didn’t find any Tunisian photographer nor any Tunisian photos down and thus I’m going to populate the site with my modest works and hoping you would follow too.

The site is almost about photography stock featuring half Arabs half western(French) photographers which is the right dose to get insider and outsider angle of view and the only present purpose now is watching non downloadable low resolution photos.

[Arab Images Foundation]

Prisoner-of-war compound in Tunisia where more than a quarter million German and Italian soldiers were held following the Allied victory in North Africa. Many of these prisoners were sent to the United States. (Courtesy U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa.)

Peace Correspondent has added a photo to the pool:

Sidi Bou Said is a seafront suburb of Tunis, the largest city of the Mediterranean nation of Tunisia in northern Africa. This is a view from a hilltop restaurant of Sidi Bou Said that overlooks the busy cultural and industrial hub from a promontory above the Gulf of Tunis. The lights of presidential palace and grounds can be seen in the mid-ground.

Peace Correspondent has added a photo to the pool:

This is a panoramic view from Sidi Bou Said, a suburb of the capital city of Tunis, that is situated on a promontory above the distinctive blue tones of the Gulf of Tunis in Tunisia, Africa.

Amine Messadi posted a photo:

A photo of the preparation of our couscous reserve for a year to come. the tradition of making couscous at home is dying year after year because of the mechanization of couscous manifacture what make it easier to get evrywhere but still kills the tradition.

Couscous (IPA /kʊskʊs/ – Berber Seksu – Arabic: كسكس[1]) is a food of the Maghreb of Berber origin. Couscous consists of spherical granules which are made by rolling and shaping moistened semolina wheat and then coating them with finely ground wheat flour. The finished grains are about 1 mm or 1/26th inch in diameter (after cooking)[citation needed]. Traditional couscous requires considerable preparation time and is usually steamed. In many places, a more processed quick-cook couscous is available and is particularly valued for its rapid preparation time.

The dish is the primary staple food throughout the Maghreb; in much of Algeria, eastern Morocco, Tunisia, and Libya it is simply known as ta`aam طعام, "food". It is also popular in the West African Sahel, in France, Madeira island, in western Sicily's Trapani province, and parts of the Middle East. It is also very popular among Jews of North African descent. It is eaten in many other parts of the world as well.

Manufacturing
The couscous granules are made from semolina (coarsely ground durum wheat) or, in some regions, from coarsely ground barley or pearl millet. The semolina is sprinkled with water and rolled with the hands to form small pellets, sprinkled with dry flour to keep the pellets separate, and then sieved. The pellets which are too small to be finished grains of couscous fall through the sieve to be again sprinkled with dry semolina and rolled into pellets. This process continues until all the semolina has been formed into tiny grains of couscous. Sometimes salt is added to the semolina and water.

This process is very labour intensive. Traditionally, groups of women would come together and make a large batch of couscous grains over several days. These would then be dried in the sun and used for several months. Couscous was traditionally made from the hard part of the hard wheat Triticum durum, the part of the grain that resisted the grinding of the relatively primitive millstone. In modern times, couscous production is largely mechanized, and is sold in markets around the world.

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