Bob, Looks like a set from some of the 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' series. Hard to believe such places still exist. Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Morocco is famous for its leather, and for centuries Fez has produced > the finest leather and leather goods in Morocco. This is a set of > pictures taken at 3 tanneries, all within the walls of the Medina. > They tan and die hides using traditional methods. The tanning process > sees the hide soaking for days in a mixture of pigeon shit and cow > piss; the dyeing uses vegetable and animal products such as saffron > and types of beetle. > > Anyone who is familiar with the smell of fresh hides knows that it is > rather unpleasant - I would not like to spend too much time in one of > these places, let along work there. At least they are workers' > cooperatives, so the profits are shared among the workers themselves. > > http://www.web-options.com/Tanneries/ > > I have not post-processed these yet, and a good deal of editing still > needs to be done, but I thought I'd put them out there with all their > faults so that I can hear what people have to say. I find your > comments very useful - they tend to make me go back and look again at > pictures I didn't think much of - or thought too much of. > > I bought a nice pair of slippers from the shop attached to one of > these places. They're made of the most beautiful soft lambskin uppers > with camelskin soles, and are very high quality. It's a strange > pleasure to know how and where they came from. > > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
