Wave

2009-08-03T06:21:58Z

Running... catching the wave.

Sky clear & pure ... ?

2009-07-27T16:35:52Z

D.C Trip on 4th of July

2009-07-10T22:26:05Z

The Brand New Sky

2009-07-07T23:28:29Z

Love

2009-07-06T05:04:02Z

Mauritania

2009-07-01T06:00:33Z

Mauritania (Arabic: موريتانيا‎ Mūrītāniyā), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, is a country in northwest Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west, by Senegal on the southwest, by Mali on the east and southeast, by Algeria on the northeast, and by the Morocco-controlled Western Sahara on the northwest. It is named after the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast. From the fifth to seventh centuries, the migration of Berber tribes from North Africa displaced the Bafours, the original inhabitants of present-day Mauritania and the ancestors of the Soninke. The Bafours were primarily agriculturalist, and among the first Saharan people to abandon their historically nomadic lifestyle. With the gradual desiccation of the Sahara, they headed south. Following them came a migration of not only Central Saharans into West Africa, but in 1076, Moorish Islamic warrior monks (Almoravid or Al Murabitun) attacked and conquered the ancient Ghana Empire. Over the next 500 years, Arabs overcame fierce resistance from the local population (Berber and non-Berber alike) and came to dominate Mauritania. The Mauritanian Thirty-Year War (1644-74) was the unsuccessful final effort to repel the Yemeni Maqil Arab invaders led by the Beni Hassan tribe. The descendants of the Beni Hassan warriors became the upper stratum of Moorish society. Berbers retained influence by producing the majority of the region's Marabouts—those who preserve and teach Islamic tradition. Many of the Berber tribes claimed Yemeni (and sometimes other Arab) origin: there is little evidence to suggest this, though some studies do make a connection between the two.[4] Hassaniya, a Berber-influenced Arabic dialect that derives its name from the Beni Hassan, became the dominant language among the largely nomadic population. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauritania

Floating Trees

2009-06-29T21:54:48Z

It used to be my project, when i was in Art School, still love them...

Diptyque

2009-06-29T00:42:53Z

Not in the mood to post anything special, even if i like this diptyque, can't believe Michael died still. . .

Les Calenques

2009-06-27T17:37:03Z

Saas

2009-06-26T23:47:58Z

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