Can Blue Get Bluer in Chefchaouen, Morocco - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

After 10 days or so of drab scenery in Morocco, I couldn’t quite hold my excitement when colors finally entered my vision in north part of the country. I was happy to not just finally see green…

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… but also the lively colors in life:

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Further, I was delighted to meet someone whose brain may be on the same wavelength with me. The proof? As if the ubiquitous blue in this town is not enough, she wanted to make her house MORE blue. You may have known this about me, there can never be too much color in life. ;-)

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P.S., I just learned that the blue city just suffered forest fire due to extreme heat at the end of last month, which was the third major wildfire in August for Morocco. Whatever the reason may be for the city to be blue, we now know it’s not to keep it cool.

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A Crowd Pleaser, or ... - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

I may be biased.  But I think my Assistante carries a certain energy that makes people like him.  

In a country that's hostile to cameras, and people with cameras (see my other post "I Had People Framed in Morocco"), having a certain number of people turn a smiley face to him was still quite a scene.  I had to quickly take that moment as a photographic proof.  Or, was I quick enough?  I think one kid caught me.   

Don't ask what happened next.  Just know that we made it back home in one piece. :-)

Question to you: Is it his royal aura that made these boys smile/laugh?

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I Had a Henri Cartier-Bresson Moment in Morocco - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

It happened in the "blue city" of Morocco and the story started with a cat, a cat that seemed to be doing yoga.  Most cats we met in Morocco were frantic, always running away, missing one eye or a part of ear and wearing scars on their faces.  In other words, I'm not impressed with them.  

So this day, when I met thy cat in the alley of one street, cleaning herself with the most difficult poses imaginable, I took an interest in her and started photographing her.  And then, bang, a boy come running in my direction...  

El fin.  

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Visually, this image instantly reminded me of an image of Henri Cartier-Bresson that was made in Siphnos, Greece, 1961.  What do you think?

P.S. In case you are interested, here's some bonus reading about Henri Cartier-Bresson's approach to his famous "decisive moments":

 ... "he began by picking a background that already seemed interesting to him because of its texture, geometric structure or accumulated images and signs, something he defined as ‘screen’. Then he waited for children or passers-by to come along and find their place in this layout of forms, which he described as 'instant coalition'". - "Learn” Serendipity for More Compelling Photos by Nadia Gric.
 

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