Nigel Allan
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Between 1981 and 1983 I worked in Bahrain in the Persian (now Arabian) Gulf, which is where I acquired my first camera and started taking pictures, but we always had to be very careful because it is haram (against religious law) to make images of another human and strict muslims will not have their picture taken.
How ironic that in a shopping mall in London in 2009 I see these muslim women using a Canon DSLR to take pictures of their child. To me this is a contradiction since their dress indicates they are strict followers of Islam, yet their actions indicate otherwise. I am sure Fahim will tell me if I am wrong here, but that has always been my understanding.
Notwithstanding the irony of this shot, I always like to take pictures of people taking pictures. That in itself holds a certain irony for me. These are low light and furtively taken as I did not want to 'intrude' or alert them to what I was doing. Being discreet with a Nikon D300 though is almost a contradiction in terms
ISO 1600, 1/20th, 46mm, 18-200mm
1. Nigel Allan - If making images of humans is haram, we’re both in trouble - a
2. Nigel Allan - If making images of humans is haram, we’re both in trouble - b
3. Nigel Allan - If making images of humans is haram, we’re both in trouble - c
How ironic that in a shopping mall in London in 2009 I see these muslim women using a Canon DSLR to take pictures of their child. To me this is a contradiction since their dress indicates they are strict followers of Islam, yet their actions indicate otherwise. I am sure Fahim will tell me if I am wrong here, but that has always been my understanding.
Notwithstanding the irony of this shot, I always like to take pictures of people taking pictures. That in itself holds a certain irony for me. These are low light and furtively taken as I did not want to 'intrude' or alert them to what I was doing. Being discreet with a Nikon D300 though is almost a contradiction in terms
ISO 1600, 1/20th, 46mm, 18-200mm
1. Nigel Allan - If making images of humans is haram, we’re both in trouble - a
2. Nigel Allan - If making images of humans is haram, we’re both in trouble - b
3. Nigel Allan - If making images of humans is haram, we’re both in trouble - c