David Spratte » Lebanon http://dspratte.com stealing time: my work and ramblings Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:57:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 February 2012 Wallpaper http://dspratte.com/february-2012-wallpaper/ http://dspratte.com/february-2012-wallpaper/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:57:30 +0000 dspratte http://dspratte.com/?p=1766 I had to tear through the Lebanon work for a boundary 2 cover last month. And as I was doing it, I realized that there was a great February wallpaper hiding. Actually there were a couple. Why is this a great February wallpaper? I don’t really know. Maybe the Cherub statue could be mistaken for Cupid? Maybe I’m trying to make up for putting barbwire up last February?

Well, whatever works for you. The truth is this is from a cemetery in northern Lebanon. Not too far from Tripoli.

But if you want to call it a Cupid, I won’t tell anyone.

]]> http://dspratte.com/february-2012-wallpaper/feed/ 1 January 2012 Wallpaper http://dspratte.com/january-2012-wallpaper/ http://dspratte.com/january-2012-wallpaper/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:18:14 +0000 dspratte http://dspratte.com/?p=1761 Can’t believe I just wrote “2012.”  And with this post, it looks like the wallpapers will continue for another year. What image to start a year with?

Ended up with a shot from Harissa, Lebanon. It’s just outside Beirut and there’s pretty amazing statue of  the Virgin Mary. This image uses the tiniest part of that statue, but i like the wide open possibilities of what a fresh year may bring.

You know the drill—image link is below. Enjoy and Happy New Year.

]]> http://dspratte.com/january-2012-wallpaper/feed/ 0 June 2010 Wallpaper http://dspratte.com/june-2010-wallpaper/ http://dspratte.com/june-2010-wallpaper/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:32:33 +0000 dspratte http://dspratte.com/?p=1049 Ah. . . June. A little something from Lebanon for my favorite Lebanese blonde.

Grab a Macbook Pro sized version above or a Cinema display option or the old school 4:3 ratio.

Enjoy.

]]> http://dspratte.com/june-2010-wallpaper/feed/ 0 Lebanon http://dspratte.com/lebanon/ http://dspratte.com/lebanon/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:31:45 +0000 dspratte http://dspratte.com/?p=436 Lebanon. So much to see. So much to shoot. I hope to get back soon. soap shop keeper cemetery fence nassima lips three mind the store purple bad light dry work shop tripoli souk afar chapel high country chalet shopkeep backgammon bloom phoenician tomb Above Bcharre angel amioun sunset cemetery sunset 2 cemetery sunset 1 1cb herdan amioun door bookstore gray gate brummana in memory overlay harissa mary's hand teleferique hello cower her majesty pine snobar olive sunrise patience wedding dress mercedes neighnorhood watch look out tripoli easter chicks dates slow day shine a long wait outside the souk mosque web closed sitting football truck and mosque briefly visit beachside beach front antiquities dealer in or out no end tyre text work blue towers of baalbek bekaa little house watching gibran's view rebuilding stigmata touch up knock grid bolted balamand parish congregation morning

]]> http://dspratte.com/lebanon/feed/ 0 Lebanon: Day 1 http://dspratte.com/lebanon-day-1/ http://dspratte.com/lebanon-day-1/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 13:02:04 +0000 dspratte http://dspratte.com/?p=345 Beirut from AboveIMG_3250.jpgI’m crushed with a bunch of work right now, so editing is going slow. But I figured I’d recap a bit and post a couple of quick pictures out from the first full day in Lebanon. Which, was spent in and around Beirut, Jeita and ended with dinner in Broummana.

We had a driver for the day, which was a nice luxury given the traffic in town. Okay. Need to get back into some design work now.

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