Category Archives: Egypt

Past and Present

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Egypt 1998 Luxor Temple with Ramses We toured Egypt the year after the massacre of European tourists as they sat in their tour bus in Luxor. Tourists were scarce and the question on the lips of nearly every shopkeeper was, “Where are … Continue reading

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The Cart Horse

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 Luxor, Egypt 1998 A handsome but thin gray Arab horse stands patiently between the shafts as his driver tells me not to photograph him. The horse didn’t mind and so I carried on.

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Diagonal Line

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Luxor, Egypt 1998 We hired a caleche, which is a small horse-drawn carriage. I wanted to get some shots of un-touristy places. Luxor isn’t very big, and after only a few minutes, we were trotting down country roads. Our driver really had … Continue reading

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Girls with Responsibilities

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Africa: Mali, 1998 A girl of Mopti strolls the sandy banks of the Niger River. She sells ground millet parcelled in plastic bags.  Her customers are women who have spent the day on the river washing the families clothing. They haven’t had … Continue reading

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Scenes from Egypt

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Luxor, Egypt 1998 We were on a typical tour of Egypt and Luxor was a highlight with the Luxor Temple right down the street from our hotel and the Valley of the Kings across the Nile. Wandering through the streets … Continue reading

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A Proud Man

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 Cairo’s Back Streets 1989  It was late afternoon. The slanting rays of the sun lit this man and his cart beautifully and I stood across the street from him snapping photo after photo. He ignored me, but there was no … Continue reading

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Cairo

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 I’ve been thinking that I haven’t shown any photos from Egypt, so I looked in my negative files and chose these two.  I printed the Nargileh smoker in my darkroom years ago. I always liked this photo. I remember the … Continue reading

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