Thursday, June 30, 2011

Alhambra, Granada,








































For in and out, above, about, below,
"This nothing but a Magic Shadow-show,
Play'd in Box whose Candle is the Sun,
Round which we Phantom Figures come and go.

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam *
Translation by Edward Fitzgerald


Thursday, June 23, 2011

Alhambra, Granada, Spain ( 3 )

Patio de Arrayanes










Granada, Spain









Lorca and Andalusia


El Balcon

Si muero
Dejad el balcĂ³n abierto
El niño come naranjas
(Desde mi balcĂ³n lo veo)
El segador siega el trigo
(Desde mi balcĂ³n lo siento)
Si muero
Dejad el balcĂ³n abierto 

Federico Garcia Lorca


The Balcony

if I die
leave the balcony open
The boy eats oranges
(from the balcony I see him)
the farmer cuts the wheat
leave the balcony open..*


Translation by Marika de la Maria


Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Carmona, Spain




Santa Maria Church, 15th-18th Century, Central nave and Main 
altar piece.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Alhambra of Granada



nothing seems  straight on this photograph!
I remember the difficulty of having this shot taken; holding the camera with left hand
stretched out straight while my upper body fully extended above the adjacent parapet
wall, with my right hand I was barely graping  one of the  the skimpy columns
of the balcony. Chance of tipping over  the parapet was real; but  I wasn't
paying much attention to this, neither anybody else was concerning with
my well being at the moment; the balcony was full with tourists, everyone
was busy with clicking of their cameras. My acrobatic
exercise seems unnoticeable, after all it was only two story flight
to the ground...


Monday, June 13, 2011

Old Canakkale Houses, Turkey





 I spent much of my
childhood summers here, on those days city doesn't offer much
to attrack the outside visitors, it was small town with 20,000 habitants,
and stayed the same as long as I remember. There was only four place
made up the whole town, Iskele, (dock), was the Canakkale's connection
to outside world, where the ships docked once a week, carried passangers
and cargo between Istanbul and here, then the famous Kordon boyu,
(board walk ), where everyone in the town went out for a strolling after
a late dinner, a real meeting place for the town folks. The Ataturk
meydani (Ataturk Square ) was saved for the ceramonies,
finally Carsi caddesi (Main Street) there all it was. The Main street covered
with parqeu stones, the automobil was rarity in those days, most of the folks
used bikes to get around or just walk. Streets either were covered with
parque stones or were just dirt roads. Two, or three story wood
and stone houses line up the streets. Nowadays there is not much left from those
old houses, just a few... things of the past...

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Cordoba, Spain





Photo:Selim M. Ozalp ©

Seville, Spain




delicate metal ornamantation and tile work underside of the roof extension
delightfull...
Photo:Selim M. Ozalp

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Balcony, Spain




La Casa Platos, Seville , Spain




copyrightSMO©2011
Garden Sculpture at La Casa de Pilatos (Pilate's House) is in Seville, Spain. The building is a mixture of Renaissance Italian and Mudejar Spanish styles. It is considered the prototype of the Andalusian palace.