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<p>صورت هاتين الصورتين بنفس الزاوية تقريبا. إلا أن اللون في الأولى عنصرا رئيسيا، بينما في الصورة الأخرى أصبح عاملا يشتت الانتباه عن العناصر الهامة في الصورة الأخرى. من الواضح لقارئ الصورتين أن الألوان في الأولى بالإضافة إلى الزخارف والنقوشات وقطع الأثاث كلها تخدم فكرة واحدة، وهي إظهار الأجواء الضوئية واللونية الغالبة في هذا المكان العتيق (معبد البوذا النائم في جزيرة بينانغ الماليزية)  الذي يمزج مابين الألوان الصارخة والسكينة الروحانية التي تتسلل عبر ضوء الشمس و تنير أرجاء المعبد إضاءة ساحرة تلتف حول كل التماثيل الموجودة فيه بأعجوبة!<br />
كنت محظوظة، فقبل خروجي من المعبد وجدت ذلك الرجل المسن يجلس بهدوء وثبات لافت. وجهه الآسيوي وكبر سنه مع وضعيته الثابتة الصنمية إن صح التعبير تتشابه وتماثيل البوذا ذات الشكل الآدمي مما قللت من أهمية الألوان. وكانت اللحظة الحاسمة في اتخاذي لقرار الاستغناء عن اللون عندما شعرت بأن زيّه غير التقليدي أو الأجنبي الدخيل على ثقافته وذاك المكان مزعجان وقد يحولا الفكرة إلى مجرد صورة لزائر أو سائح يستريح على كرسي في المعبد. التأثير الدراماتيكي للأبيض والأسود قد يكون زائدا عن الحاجة تماما كالألوان وتأثيرها على جذب الانتباه، واختيار إظهار الصورة بالألوان أو بالأبيض والأسود من قبل المصورة يقيّم على أساس الأهمية في خدمة العمل وليس على جماليته.</p>
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/athoob/~4/nLSbx97AW4E" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><description>&amp;#160; صورت هاتين الصورتين بنفس الزاوية تقريبا. إلا أن اللون في الأولى عنصرا رئيسيا، بينما في الصورة الأخرى أصبح عاملا يشتت الانتباه عن العناصر الهامة في الصورة الأخرى. من الواضح لقارئ الصورتين أن الألوان في الأولى بالإضافة إلى الزخارف والنقوشات وقطع الأثاث كلها تخدم فكرة واحدة، وهي إظهار الأجواء الضوئية واللونية الغالبة في هذا المكان [...]</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://athoob.com/blog/?p=2789</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Kuwait Coloured Flag</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/athoob/~3/9WaE3MPJubE/</link><category>Kuwait</category><category>Political Talk</category><category>2012</category><category>athoob</category><category>Bnaid alqar</category><category>Contemproray</category><category>Events</category><category>Hipstamatic</category><category>iphone</category><category>Kuwait City</category><category>Liberation Day of Kuwait</category><category>National Day of Kuwait</category><category>Shaab AL bahri</category><category>Sharq</category><category>Urban Decay</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Athoob</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:42:57 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://athoob.com/blog/?p=2754</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The flag of Kuwait fever is affecting all places, things, and citizens of this country. It&#8217;s the national day of Kuwait when people can share their joy of celebration and find the outlet in streets to act out of the ordinary and have fun together without fear of penalty. Meanwhile Villa owners compete in who is going to hang the biggest flag, small humble flags are beautifully decorating the buildings that are occupied by residents in order to show their input</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">However, colours of Kuwait&#8217;s flag are everywhere around us. White, green, red and black are the colours of signs, decayed buildings, cars, fences, and things that have been thrown away. This micro project aims to locate various points where those colours can be observed singularly combined or part in habitual places. While the red and green complementarily work together neutralizing each other, when mixed they produce the shades of black and white or gray. This is my Kuwait. I see Kuwaitis like pairs, opposite to each one another in the colour circle. The shades of black and white correspond to our diversity. For this reason, we shall become more understanding to our antibiosis and respect the differences between us rather than forcing ourselves to merge arbitrarily neglecting our backgrounds pretending to be one. Because if we did, we would end up lacking colours and our patriotism would be pale</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I was honored to be interviewed by the pioneer Kuwaiti Artist Ledia Al Qattan exclusively to the Arabtimes Newspaper. The Interview was published in three parts article. She invited me to her home &#8221; House of Mirrors &#8221; and made me her famous cappuccino flowed with many questions. She tried to dig deep in my history and my mentality  to know how I see the world around me. For the first time of my life, someone is trying to analyze my vision artistically and my sensitivity toward the surroundings in order to create a starting point to understand being who I am as a documentary and contemporary photographer packed with ambitions while slowly moving to my goals.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">I stood up for my views in defense of the message of the yet-to-be published book <strong>&#8220;The Old Salmiya&#8221;</strong> during our conversation. She was like more of a psychiatrist than an just an ordinary interviewer because she was able to fill up my eyes with tears while I was talking about my father, and when she ended the interview with those five motivational mind opening words:&#8221;Athoob, you are an Artist!&#8221;.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Drop me a DM on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/athoob">@athoob</a> if you&#8217;d like to read an online copy of the interview.  </span></p>
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