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PHOTO CONTEST: Market Day
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01 Jun 2008
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[Barcelona, Spain] At the famous Barcelona market, La Boqueria, fresh food is key. Lobsters almost look ready to prance off the ice onto the floor, and fish flap under large carving knives. A stall vendor, who has covered her fancy pink sweater with a blood-spattered apron, reaches over to exchange pleasantries and money with a habitual customer. Every stand tries to offer a unique local product, as well as a unique personality. The culture of this Spanish market is one that thrives on good humor, which helps the vendors and regular customers alike to endure the throngs of tourists that file through each day.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Jessica Brogan</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/0x8XGc/small.png)
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[Barcelona, Spain] At the famous Barcelona market, La Boqueria, fresh food is key. Lobsters almost look ready to prance off the ice onto the floor, and fish flap under large carving knives. A stall vendor, who has covered her fancy pink sweater with a blood-spattered apron, reaches over to exchange pleasantries and money with a habitual customer. Every stand tries to offer a unique local product, as well as a unique personality. The culture of this Spanish market is one that thrives on good humor, which helps the vendors and regular customers alike to endure the throngs of tourists that file through each day.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Jessica Brogan</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/0x8XGc/large.png)
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[Madina Ndiatébé, Senegal] A Fula man strolls through the Saturday market in Madina Ndiatébé, a sleepy town of 15,000 people in northern Senegal. On most days, residents of Madina Ndiatébé are occupied by farming, fishing, goat herding and cloth-dying. But on Saturdays, the town comes alive as hundreds of people flock there on rickety buses and donkey carts to sell their wares. People come from as far away as metropolitan Saint Louis and bordering Mauritania to sell everything from pasty <em>baobab</em> fruit to jeans printed with images of the Senegalese rap star Akon. In Senegal’s largely informal economy, bargaining is a vital skill. Senegalese regard “discussion” of the price as an integral part of the consumer experience.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Laraine Weschler</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/CbSv6T/small.png)
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[Madina Ndiatébé, Senegal] A Fula man strolls through the Saturday market in Madina Ndiatébé, a sleepy town of 15,000 people in northern Senegal. On most days, residents of Madina Ndiatébé are occupied by farming, fishing, goat herding and cloth-dying. But on Saturdays, the town comes alive as hundreds of people flock there on rickety buses and donkey carts to sell their wares. People come from as far away as metropolitan Saint Louis and bordering Mauritania to sell everything from pasty <em>baobab</em> fruit to jeans printed with images of the Senegalese rap star Akon. In Senegal’s largely informal economy, bargaining is a vital skill. Senegalese regard “discussion” of the price as an integral part of the consumer experience.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Laraine Weschler</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/CbSv6T/large.png)
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[Barcelona, Spain] Exotic fruit juices bottled before sunrise enliven La Bouqueria market in Barcelona, Spain. Consumption at this market is never a matter of if, but when. The essence of time escapes this place. Here there are no shopping lists, no checkout lines. Shoppers lose themselves in this life-size candy-land of nature's finest offerings. Not one item is destined for the freezer, but instead intended for preparation within a matter of hours to satisfy the stomachs of loved ones.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Karen Sikora</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/O19F_j/small.png)
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[Barcelona, Spain] Exotic fruit juices bottled before sunrise enliven La Bouqueria market in Barcelona, Spain. Consumption at this market is never a matter of if, but when. The essence of time escapes this place. Here there are no shopping lists, no checkout lines. Shoppers lose themselves in this life-size candy-land of nature's finest offerings. Not one item is destined for the freezer, but instead intended for preparation within a matter of hours to satisfy the stomachs of loved ones.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Karen Sikora</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/O19F_j/large.png)
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[Tokyo, Japan] In one of the best sushi destinations in the world, workers haul a large <em>maguro</em> tuna fish at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Miko Walczuk</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/DfEI_U/small.png)
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[Tokyo, Japan] In one of the best sushi destinations in the world, workers haul a large <em>maguro</em> tuna fish at Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Miko Walczuk</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/DfEI_U/large.png)
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[Ajijic, Mexico] The weekly open-air market in the small town of Ajijic, Mexico is a one-stop shopping center for fresh food, Huichol (indigenous Mexican) handicrafts, clothing and flowers. Here, a man and woman arrange brightly colored carnations, roses, daisies and lilies. In contrast to most U.S. supermarkets, in the Ajijic market the flowers are local and sold for a fraction of the U.S. price. Plus, you can make friends with the growers themselves.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Gabrielle Wallace</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/h2AOFy/small.png)
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[Ajijic, Mexico] The weekly open-air market in the small town of Ajijic, Mexico is a one-stop shopping center for fresh food, Huichol (indigenous Mexican) handicrafts, clothing and flowers. Here, a man and woman arrange brightly colored carnations, roses, daisies and lilies. In contrast to most U.S. supermarkets, in the Ajijic market the flowers are local and sold for a fraction of the U.S. price. Plus, you can make friends with the growers themselves.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Gabrielle Wallace</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/h2AOFy/large.png)
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[Dajabón, Dominican Republic] Dajabón, a city in the Dominican Republic, sits across the river from Haiti. The Dominican Republic opens its border on Mondays and Fridays to encourage trade with Haiti, which is the poorest, least developed nation in the Western hemisphere.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Ryan Bowen</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/Ujv4pS/small.png)
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[Dajabón, Dominican Republic] Dajabón, a city in the Dominican Republic, sits across the river from Haiti. The Dominican Republic opens its border on Mondays and Fridays to encourage trade with Haiti, which is the poorest, least developed nation in the Western hemisphere.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Ryan Bowen</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/Ujv4pS/large.png)
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[Daegu, South Korea] This photo was taken during a student organization fair at the university I attended in South Korea. The streets were filled with vendors selling all different kinds of snacks and trinkets. The "umbrellas" pictured here were made from a mixture of corn flour and water that was forced through a pipe.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Michelle Bennett</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/6RJ_YV/small.png)
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[Daegu, South Korea] This photo was taken during a student organization fair at the university I attended in South Korea. The streets were filled with vendors selling all different kinds of snacks and trinkets. The "umbrellas" pictured here were made from a mixture of corn flour and water that was forced through a pipe.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Michelle Bennett</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/6RJ_YV/large.png)
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[Kologo, Ghana] This photo captures the maturity of my ever tranquil and extraordinarily patient eight-year-old companion, Fafa Benedicta, in the surrounding chaos and struggle of the world's poorest region: West Africa. Fafa became my cherished friend, and we kept close tabs on each other during the months I spent volunteering with the Ewe people of Southern Togo and Ghana. I took this photo during our visit to the local market, where I hoped to buy several hundred exercise books to donate to the severely under-funded local secondary school in the village of Kologo.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Carrie Stiles</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/qQPkl1/small.png)
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[Kologo, Ghana] This photo captures the maturity of my ever tranquil and extraordinarily patient eight-year-old companion, Fafa Benedicta, in the surrounding chaos and struggle of the world's poorest region: West Africa. Fafa became my cherished friend, and we kept close tabs on each other during the months I spent volunteering with the Ewe people of Southern Togo and Ghana. I took this photo during our visit to the local market, where I hoped to buy several hundred exercise books to donate to the severely under-funded local secondary school in the village of Kologo.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Carrie Stiles</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/qQPkl1/large.png)
![<p><span style="font-size: larger;">Grand Prize Winner</span><br />
[Suva, Fiji] This family sells <em>duruka</em>, which has been dubbed by my host mother as "Fiji's version of asparagus." The photo was taken at the central produce market in Fiji's capital city, Suva. Since Fiji is a developing nation, the local markets are an essential component of the economy: They provide an income for vendors and reasonable prices for consumers on a tight budget. The busy market in Suva also doubles as a vibrant point of convergence and represents the strong social ties between Fijians.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Jon Klocek</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/efzNrN/small.png)
![<p><span style="font-size: larger;">Grand Prize Winner</span><br />
[Suva, Fiji] This family sells <em>duruka</em>, which has been dubbed by my host mother as "Fiji's version of asparagus." The photo was taken at the central produce market in Fiji's capital city, Suva. Since Fiji is a developing nation, the local markets are an essential component of the economy: They provide an income for vendors and reasonable prices for consumers on a tight budget. The busy market in Suva also doubles as a vibrant point of convergence and represents the strong social ties between Fijians.</p>
<p><em>Photo by Jon Klocek</em></p>](http://media.glimpse.org/uploads/efzNrN/large.png)
