1964 Photo Contest, Most Artistic Press Photo, 1st prize
Photographer

Peter Thomann

Stern

01 March, 1964

Street scene in the souk of Marrakesh. The photographer made the image around noon, when the sun had reached its highest point in the sky, causing the perfectly vertical striped shadows on the djellaba's of the people walking in the alley.

About the photographer

Peter Thomann

Peter Thomann (Berlin, 1940) studied with Otto Steinert at the Folkwangschule für Gestaltung in Essen, graduating as a photojournalist in 1965. After his graduation, he worked as...

Technical information

Shutter Speed
1/125 s
Focal length
35 mm
F-Stop
f/5.6

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