Love story in Zanzibar
by Yavor Mihaylov
Title
Love story in Zanzibar
Artist
Yavor Mihaylov
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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It was a quiet and sunny morning in Stone town. I was sitting in a café near the city beach, drinking coffee and observing the people strolling around. The city beach is very dirty but it is a favorite spot for meetings of the locals. There are usually many tourists cause in this place you can hire a boat for diving or to take you to another islet nearby.
Suddenly a couple of military ships popped up on the horizon in the sea this morning. After half an hour a landing vessel was on the beach and soldiers jumped on the ground. I was wondering what is going on? Invasion? But the vessels were Tanzanian. Coup d’état? The waiter came and told me that the high command has decided to make military drills on the island in the middle of the tourist season… “This is Africa”, I thought.
Meanwhile all civilians left the beach in a hurry. In this moment I saw her! A beautiful girl with colorful scarf was still standing on the beach with all these soldiers running around. I grabbed my camera and approached her. I wanted to capture this insane scene. I showed her the camera and asked if I can take picture of her. She nodded with a shy smile on her face. Then she looked at her left side. I followed her gaze in this direction and saw him. The boy. They exchanged glances and smiles.
Everything became clear to me. This was some kind of a secret date between lovers in a conservative society. They were so pure and innocent. I decided to capture the scene in a photo cause we rarely see this kind of love in our western world anymore…
It's not the perfect composition but I hope I captured the mood which inspired me.
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February 5th, 2022
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Joe Schofield
What a great story, Yavor! There is nothing quite like having your camera in the right place and right time. The mood was indeed captured!
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