Shorbet seller in Sultanahmet, a photo from Istanbul, Marmara

Photographer's Note

I know that this one should go to the 'kitsch family tourist snapshots' section' 8-), but I took a look at the rather large TE gallery of Istanbul and I didn't find any post showing these funny guys. I guess that in the old days they sold drinking water, but I suspect that the business nowadays is more oriented towards posing to tourists while selling them shorbet (thank you to sufi and batalay for letting me know the Turkish name), which is a refreshment drink that tastes like one that was quite common until recently in Portugal, made of currant fruits. Much more numerous and genuine than them, although not so visually striking, are street vendors of those breads that my son is holding.

As most of my scans, the quality is disappointing and the harsh backlight also didn't help, but being my first PP'ed scan from Turkey, I didn't resist posting it. I only hope that others will turn out better.

This was our first day in Istanbul. We didn't see much, but we surely had a great time enjoying the little part of the city where we strolled, which was just this area of Sultanahmet and the streets that go down from there to the sea side.

Istanbul is lovely as very few cities I know are, for a number of reasons - its location and views are beautiful, people are kind, there are impressive monuments to see in every corner that remind us all the time the glorious past of the city, the general atmosphere is very pleasant and lively, with a touch of romantic and exotic, an unique mix of East and West. For those (not me) that expected to find anything vaguely alike Middle East or North Africa the surprise is even greater as it has little to do with those places. In fact, except for the abundant signs of Islam, West Turkey in general and Istanbul in particular looks much more like Europe than with Middle East.

Location (latitude, longitude): 41.00721,28.97877

lucasgalodoido, adores, Docarmo, Wanda1, danos, riclopes, sadeik, xuaxo, Marcelo_Almeida, sufi, pboehringer, nivaldo, ruisc_pt has marked this note useful

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lucasgalodoido (27698) 2007-05-27 20:38

Ol� Jos�!
A qualidade dessa imagem ficou 髏ima, nem parece que � escaneada! A alegria no rosto da crian鏰 � contagiante e o fundo desfocado valorizou bem as pessoas!
Parab閚s e Abra鏾!

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Wanda1 (15142) 2007-05-27 23:47

Hi Jose,
A cute shot, I like the colours and the mans traditional costume. Compositionally I think that you maybe could heve left slightly more room at the bottom for the feet, but other than that a pleasant shot.
Regards
Wanda

danos (110407) 2007-05-28 1:31

Ola Jose,
nice the view of this couple,father and son.The traditional clothes that they wear and also all these comical movements refering in kitsch situations.I think that the light and the colours are well captured,but I'd like to exist more room at the bottom of your capture.Well done.
Regards,Danos

riclopes (35577) 2007-05-28 3:56

Est醩 a pisar o risco, Jos� - retratos de gente conhecida e em especial familiares em pose, n鉶 s鉶 permitidos aqui... ;-) Agora a s閞io, se procuraste na galeria e n鉶 encontraste este personagem, fizeste bem em postar esta, at� porque as tuas notas informativas s鉶 sempre excelentes em muito contribuem para o "learn about the world". O scan est� impec醰el e o teu filhote est� com piada ao lado do sr. do ch�. A composi玢o est� muito apertada em baixo, mas a luz est� boa tendo em contas as condi珲es e o fundo desfocado ficou porreiro.
Adorei a Turquia toda, tanto o oriente como o ocidente e Istambul � de facto uma cidade espectacular � parte - n鉶 me canso de l� ir (fui l� 3 vezes).
Um abra鏾,
ricardo

ribeiroantonio (22730) 2007-05-28 5:15

Pois � parece que o teu garoto estava a gostar do ch�! Para um scan est� mesmo muito boa, com uma defini玢o excelente e cores bonitas. Falando de scans, fazes a partir de fotos impressas ou do filme. N鉶 me recordo se j� referi isto mas eu gostaria de o fazer com alguns (muitos) slides que tenho mas, n鉶 sei como.
Finalmente, s� � pena n鉶 teres dado mais espa鏾 aos p閟!!!
Ant髇io

asoley (0) 2007-05-28 5:20

i took alot of time this man in years.you were remebered me my past.this is great shot.congratulations...

sadeik (3282) 2007-05-28 7:57

This scan is very good, it has a softness that I like which is hard to get on digital which seems to make all things very sharp unless one has adamn good camera. The use of the DOF has highlighted the subject and partially hidden the tourists which is nice great photo

Simon

Docarmo (9767) 2007-05-28 9:22

Ol� Jos�,
Realmente n鉶 parece foto escaneada. Est� excelente! Mostra algo t韕ico do lugar, com cores vivas, agrad醰eis.
Na minha opini鉶, a contra-luz deu um toque bonito na tomada, valorizando-a.
Est� muito bem feita!
Obrigada por sua nota com informa珲es a respeito de Istambul.
Maria do Carmo

fanch (0) 2007-05-28 12:42

Salut Jose ,

Tu t'est promen� tout autour de la M閐it閞ann閑 semble t-il ...
Joli portrait de l'閜oque de l'Ektachrome qui te permet d'utiliser au mieux ton scanner ! C'est r閖ouissant , souriant et color� !
Obrigado ...

Amicalement ,

adores (46979) 2007-05-28 13:39

Ol� Jos�!
Acho que qualquer turista que se preze n鉶 sai desta zona sem uma foto destas (eu tamb閙 tenho uma!!!). Mas at� j� tenho saudades, acho que tenho que l� voltar qualquer dia!Considerando a luz que tinhas acho que est� muito boa e as express鮡s deles est鉶髉timas. E concordo com o Lucas, o fundo desfocado resultou muito bem!Fizeste bem em mostrar!
Anabela

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xuaxo (6854) 2007-05-28 14:26

Ol� Jos�,
羐ua? Ele n鉶 est� vendendo ch�?
A foto � mais c髆ica do que kitsch, ou c髆ica de t鉶 kitsch que �. V�-se mesmo que ele anda vestido assim s� para os turistas.
Seja como for, at� gosto de ver esta foto aqui no contexto do TE. E a digitaliza玢o at� est� boa, acho eu.
Quanto a Istanbul (s� l� estive uma vez), concordo 100% com o que dizes.
F

UnTrained (0) 2007-05-28 14:43

Ol� Jos�,
there is enough curiosity behind it. Well done with the focus on both and also the light, a pity that you cut their feet.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

Marcelo_Almeida (1044) 2007-05-28 20:29

ol� Jose,
Belo momento capturado, a qualidade est� muito boa mesmo sendo escaneado.
abs,
Marcelo Almeida

sufi (9588) 2007-05-29 9:13

Merhaba Jos�, my friend...
Wow... It's from Turkey!... It's a beutiful timing and very cute composition, indeed... The child is very pretty. The light, the details and the clarity are perfect... Also perfect colors and contrast between the colors...
TFS...
Stay well..
Salim.
PS: I guess it's not water... It's sherbet: common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit...

pboehringer (770) 2007-05-29 12:23

A very refreshing posted shot of this tea seller, Jose. His pose is quite original and amusing. Interesting belt with all the cups mounted there. I see that this is again an older shot of yours and for that reason I won't critique you for the lacking feet.

Stepan (27210) 2007-05-30 1:26

They look cool, they look friendly. I like the man's look, I enjoy the kid's smile. Dof is OK but I regret you "cut" the feet. What a pity !
St閜hane

batalay (41261) 2007-05-30 1:52

Hi Jos�,

You have filled that one missing shot in the large inventory of Turkish scenes. I had not seen photos of yours from Istanbul before. You've captured the father and son, master and apprentice, team well. We inadvertantly to influence our children in what career they assume, and here is a boy destined to hawk "shorbet" on the streets. I do, however, hope that he has a choice.

Warm regards,
Bulent

emilbo (22616) 2007-06-02 17:39

Ola Jose!
Belle prise de vue et tr鑣 int閞essante sc鑞e. J'aime beaucpoup ce vendeur et le gar鏾n aux expressions tr鑣 simpathiques. La composition est bonne et les couleur sont superbes. Pour la nettet�, pas si mal pour un scan.
Boa foto e excelente nota.
Um abra鏾,
Emilius

somkiat (1104) 2007-06-03 2:25

hallo jose,
i can see the happiness at the expression you capture.very good showing the two different age.good ordinary shot that can find the story from the moment.excellent capture.
somkiat

vedra (0) 2007-06-04 3:18

Hi Jose,
Nice shot and big contrast between two people that look as if coming from different centuries, yet they got together in that moment of time.
Very nice notes explaining us a role od the old man. As much as his job doesn't appear that hard, I imagine it's not easy to stand there a whole day and smile to countless toruists.
It's pity though that his interesting shoes (or boots) are slightly cropped.
Vedrana

ekinokswest (2994) 2007-06-28 11:11

Yes Sultanahmet square is an interesting area , mainy a place where you can find such people , approaching nicely to tourists . It is a tradition , to sell or offer this drink however I stay away from it because it s way too sweeet

nivaldo (15417) 2007-07-04 17:20

Ol� Jos�,
Estivemos, eu e minha esposa, em Istambul h� tr阺 anos atr醩, na primavera/ver鉶. Foi uma experiencia maravilhosa para n髎. Uma semana de muito passeio e muito aprendizado!
Bela Istambul, ainda voltaremos um dia!
Um abra鏾,
Nivaldo

paura (25802) 2007-10-28 2:41

Jos�,
Uma boa fotografia para mostrar-nos a indument醨ia desse povo. E o cidad鉶 ainda fez movimento com as cadeiras para posar para voc�...

Paulo

ruisc_pt (11594) 2008-03-16 8:34

Concordo com o Ricardo ....sobre o a pisar do risco mas sobretudo acerca da nota excelente.
Rui

zeynepe (0) 2008-09-12 2:55

Hi Jose,
I was suprised , you have few photo from Turkey...
I will start a serie of Turkish collection so please can you tell me your opinion about interesting objects or subjects in Turkey I mean not ordinary but interesting:)
I love this composition so much , they are so sweet ...
Have a nice weekend,
Zeynep