Hi,
I get to visit Mecca a few times each year and I might be there at the time of Al-Hajj.
However, it's not that simple to hand someone a camera and ask him to go to Hajj;
it's a trip so rough that you only do it once or twice in a lifetime.
Going to Hajj implies going through a very rough time. It means spending half a day only
to get there, sleeping in the street at night, walking at least a dozen kilometers per
day, in addition to countless other hardships and even safety risks that you will have to
endure for nearly five consecutive days. If there is a budget for such a project,
you'll have to at least include a reasonable fee for the photographer himself, as well
as to consider the legal possibility or permission of taking photos there.
I do not mean to be negative, but this and more should be taken into account if you're
seriously willing to consider this project.
Best,
Abbad.
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hi
it is a good idea, in Saudi Arabia there are a lot of wikipedia users, and
I think they will be engaged in this project, but I think it not easy to
take photos during the Hajj with a professional camera
2017-09-02 14:48 GMT+01:00 Pierre-Yves Beaudouin <
pierre.beaudouin(a)wikimedia.fr>gt;:
Hi,
First of all, my apology for my email in english.
It would be great to send an experienced photographer to cover the Hajj
2018 (or 2019).
There is a lot of pictures of the Hajj on Wikimedia Commons [1] but almost
nothing of quality.
I would be happy to work on this project. I can elaborate the budget, find
some funds for the project (I think that some European chapters would be
happy to fund that), obtain a media accreditation, etc.. The number of
accreditations is very limited and Saudi Arabia probably censored a lot of
articles of Wikipedia, but let's try! Some wikimedians send Wikipedia on
the Moon [2], we could try to send someone to Mecca ;)
Pyb
Wikimedia France
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Hajj_by_year
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