2018-10-05 hide your face, with spanish lace by mona65

2018-10-05 hide your face, with spanish lace

You can spot this fan-maker at work through his shop window in Valencia, and he tells he deliberately chose this location in a quaint pedestrian street so that people could see him at work and learn more about the age old tradition of Valencia fan painting. He is from a family making fans since 1810. The work really has been passed down the generations: of 8 sons, 6 became fan makers and according to family tradition each son worked with his brothers until he got married when he’d break off and start his own small business.
So nice that he has carried on the tradition. We have good friends in Valencia and they brought me a hand painted fan on one of their visits. I wonder if he was the painter.
October 6th, 2018  
a beautiful candid Mona and a wonderful tradition
October 6th, 2018  
How interesting!
October 6th, 2018  
Love the light and all the tools and colours, this really tells a story.
October 6th, 2018  
A lovely image Mona and so wonderful that you stopped and spoke to him. :)
October 6th, 2018  
Wonderful candid with great lighting, details, composition
October 6th, 2018  
A clever fan maker!
October 6th, 2018  
Love the soft light and vignetting in this one
October 6th, 2018  
This is wonderful
October 6th, 2018  
What a great story and an awesome shot! Super on black. Love the lighting. And the colors. Great portrait of the artist!
October 6th, 2018  
Love this shot, the lighting catches the concentration perfectly. Fav
October 6th, 2018  
The light on this man while he works turns an "ordinary" sight into something quite beautiful.
October 6th, 2018  
Lovely capture
October 6th, 2018  
great light fav
October 6th, 2018  
Your processing of the light in this image really makes the shot. Great composition as well.
October 6th, 2018  
I like all the detail and how the lighting and editing draws the eye right where it needs to be
October 7th, 2018  
Great capture. Beautifully lit. The dark background draws me right to the artist at work.
October 7th, 2018  
Very interesting
October 7th, 2018  
Great light and edit. Fabulous portrait.
October 7th, 2018  
Striking light. Hand made magic. Fav.
October 8th, 2018  
I love watching these craftsmen in places we visit. Great shot
October 10th, 2018  
Such a good portrait of a man in his working environment, Fav
October 13th, 2018  
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