Doors of Morocco

I found out today that Doors & Hardware magazine is going to print some of my photos of Moroccan doors in their November issue.  Isn’t that crazy??  I posted on my work blog during my vacation, the editor of the magazine saw them and loved them, so today I chose 14 of my favorites, wrote the captions, and sent them off.

Here are my work-blog posts in case you’re not a follower of iDigHardware.com:

http://idighardware.com/2012/07/glaoui-kasbah-telouet-morocco/
http://idighardware.com/2012/07/hassan-ii-mosque-casablanca-morocco/
http://idighardware.com/2012/07/bahia-palace-marrakech/
http://idighardware.com/2012/07/king-mohammed-v-mausoleum-rabat-morocc/
http://idighardware.com/2012/07/medersa-abu-al-hassan-sale-morocco/

Here’s another door photo I thought was really cool:

There are men who actually make the trim that goes on caftans, and they usually tie it to something, like these door pulls, stand half-way down the block, and work their magic to create the trim.  I think it’s really neat to see so many years worth of work tied to this door. 

Here’s what the trim on one of my shirts looks like:

And here’s Norah getting cozy with the tailors, all crammed into this little room.  The threads going across her knee led to a guy who was standing outside twisting the two sets of threads, while the guy to Norah’s left sewed them onto the seam of whatever garment he was working on.  Talk about labor-intensive!