Leica photographer in Egypt

[dave lackey]

This is good reading and answers at least one question about who was shooting in Egypt during the revolution.🙂

http://blog.leica-camera.com/interview/roy-samaha-an-artist’s-eye-on-the-2011-egyptian-revolution/

 

[maclaine]

Great story with some great images. Thanks for sharing.

It's nice to see a images of this historic that contrast what we see in the news media (which is a point the photographer mentions in the article). Any time I see news pieces online or in print about events coming out of the Arab world, more often than not I have noticed it's illustrated with photos of people tightly clustered together, faces contorted in a violent manner, fists raised, and shouting. I would say I see this 95% of the time. The cynical part of me (which is very well developed) thinks that this is done as both a reaction to and a cause of the general anti-Muslim, anti-Arab sentiment that has been growing in the last decade here in the US. I know that it would be difficult to take a picture of a protest without having people shouting, but often times this is the only image we ever see of these parts of the world. Here's what I'm talking about.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2011/1/16/2011-634307779000665408-66.jpg

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/85...BBFB2DA87D21EC557BEF12CF11442586843997AC319C8

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/15...802818099F1E77918DE72DBCA623CE30A760B0D811297

I think it's important to see photos like the one in this article, that show the peripheral aspects of this kind of event that we don't see. The general landscape, the quieter moments, the aftermath when the crowds have dispersed, etc.