Doors in Yemen
A door shows two things: keeping the world outside and providing an opening to a special world. Who is living behind it? In Yemen I discovered doors that are easily hundreds of years old, but intact due to all kind of mending they still exist. Portraits of doors.
dated 2012 until 2012
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connecting
2012Askew,repaired and re connected
door
2012a door with a face: safety behind it
little door
2012In the little village of Hutayb is a small difficult to reach little door yet beautifully painted
the yellow flower
2012A wooden door is replaced by an iron one, already weathered The owner painted the flowers yellow
heavenly blue
2012A door as an entrance to a very old high building in Shahara The intensity of the blue connects with the view: heavenly
the red dress
2012With a lot of blue the door (and the wall) is re painted. They love color: the girl is wearing a red dress
girl in Yemen
2012A girl proudly shows me the beautiful door after which she lives. Manakhah Yemen
boy
2012a boy waits for the owner of the door and guards in the meantime
steps
2012Big steps lead you to this special colored door.