After the Harvest, Wait Until Then
“After Harvest” My friend Lourens Erasmus remembers one of the catch phrases of his childhood in a farm back in South Africa. For every reasonable demand he would occasionally make, his parents used to have just one answer “after the harvest”. If the crop was bumper, they would usually be able to fulfill his requests. If not, he knew somehow, though he was just a boy, it is time to remain silent as things are not going well – financially or otherwise. This shot captures an “after the harvest” evening of Al Majamma village in Aseer province of Saudi Arabia. If you move closer, you will be able to spot traditional houses, a watch tower called “kasaba” and green houses for growing tomato, mint, coriander, cucumber, squash, zucchini etc. A dried and narrow water canal runs between stone- walled open fields and a flock of sheep grazing in a dried, little dam valley. The open fields lie in waiting for the next batch of corn, wheat, sesame and barley. There are palatial modern houses and...