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Or to be more accurate in a pick up van on the street. I love these startling sights that are quite common throughout the Middle East. I was in Aleppo I think when I spotted this poor animal. As luck would have it, I was with Jason Lowe who doesn’t need introducing, and only he can make something so gruesome look so beautiful. I love this picture and it’s a perfect follow-up on the lamb testicles post to illustrate the quick passage from freshly slaughtered to the butcher’s counter.ย The sheep was about to be unloaded at a local butcher who was going to skin and butcher it.
Tagged : Aleppo, butchers, Middle East, slaughtering animals 
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August 16, 2010 at 4:21 am
What startling immediacy! For a moment, my eyes saw de Zurbaranโs Agnus Dei. Thank you, Anissa.
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August 16, 2010 at 4:27 am
perhaps this is one of the reasons i love this photo so much. it is like an old master painting. the colours are just gorgeous and jason hasn’t really worked on it yet. so glad you like it.
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August 19, 2010 at 3:44 am
This really captures the aesthetics and traditions of a society much closer to its food. Not only is it aesthetically pleasing, it’s real, which is refreshing in and of itself.
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August 19, 2010 at 3:47 am
glad you think so brenda.
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October 3, 2010 at 7:25 pm
In these heated days of political correctness, it is both bewildering, refreshing and yes, mesmerizingand haunting too, to see such an image; one which reminds us how you must travel and see into a culture, before you can judge it with the same criteria you’ve used before – this photo reminds me that there are other people and customs and ways of life and different ways to find beauty. Thank you. It is a stunning photo.
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October 5, 2010 at 2:47 am
thanks jennifer. jason is a great photographer and i love coming across such scenes ๐