Template:Did you know nominations/Photography of Sudan

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The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 11:39, 2 May 2021 (UTC)

Photography in Sudan

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Sudanese woman with scarifications

• ... that the famous photo of Sudanese activist Alaa Salah is only one of several fascinating examples of the photography in Sudan? Source: Commentators called the pose the image of the revolution].
  • ALT1:... that Leni Riefenstahl's famous pictures of the Nuba people are among many other fascinating images in the history of photography in Sudan? Source: ...professional photographers travelling the world, such as British photojournalist George Rodger, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl or photographer Sebastião Salgado from Brazil have created photographic stories of rural ethnic groups in southern Sudan that became famous in the history of photography of Sudan.
  • ALT2:... that in 1912–1913, during the early years of photography in Sudan, an 'automatic kite trolley aerial camera' was used in archaeology? Source: In 1912–1913, new photographic technology in Sudan was even used for aerial photography in archaeology, when British entrepreneur and amateur archaeologist Sir Henry Wellcome applied his automatic kite trolley aerial camera device during excavations at Jebel Moya, which was documented by several other photographs on the Wellcome Library's webpage. .

Improved to Good Article status by Munfarid1 (talk). Self-nominated at 08:14, 13 April 2021 (UTC).

Substantial interesting overview, GA on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I linked the main topic in the hooks, and am almost sure that it should be "photography" (lower case). I think it would be good to actually show a photograph, such as File:Sudanese Woman (31229891).jpeg. Could you make a hook around it? I am not happy with the original hook as we can't show the image, nor ALT1 as focused on a not-Sudanese photographer, nor ALT2 as a niche topic. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:25, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello, I just added an ALT3, as you suggested. The problem might be, however, that I could not find any source talking about such photographs. Thanks a lot, as always!

• ALT3:... that facial scarification (pictured), a feature of ethnic groups of Northern as well as Southern Sudan has been documented by various photographers in Sudan? Source: ...Facial scarification is another tradition with ancient roots...

Thank you for the ALT3, approved! I wonder if we need North and South. - Next round: we don't need the refs here, and make new ALTs below, for chronology. All fine for this one. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:13, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Great, thanks a lot. Yes, I think we need both northern and southern Sudan, as many people think that ethnic groups in the South are more traditional. But in reality, you can still see a lot of elder Sudanese with scarifications today.

".. and make new ALTs below, for chronology." - You mean the placing of the picture, right? -- Munfarid1 (talk) 11:31, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

No, I meant don't put ALT3 above my comment, because I commented on three hooks, and someone who doesn't study the edit history might think I overlooked one. So next time, put new hook and accompanying image in sequence. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:23, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

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