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A Most Challenging Look
Continue ReadingIn their frankness her eyes disconcert me. She projects a feline look — bold, provocative; her lips curl toward a snarl and her teeth show just slightly — maybe in anger. She is a spectator on a sidewalk waiting for a parade to commence. To honor Saint Patrick, our lady has turned out in purple […]
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A Scene From Yesteryear
Continue ReadingIn this slice of American history, relaxation — and sturdy confidence — run as themes throughout. Epitome of cool affluence, A royal beagle oozes the calm of an awakened being. The machine? Voluptuous (almost-carnal) red — Code for feminine heat and elegance. An illustrious era has gone by and is lost. U.S. flags at times […]
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Another Anomalous Vision
Continue Reading“If an extraterrestrial came to earth and witnessed this scene, what would it think?” The inquiry above is a warmed-over, often-repeated banality; nevertheless the question applies legitimately to our image. How could even our elite domestic anthropologists ever understand this behavior? It is very strange. Is the headgear in reality a cooling machine created […]
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Two Men On A Truck
Continue ReadingI captured this image while sitting in the passenger seat of taxicab rolling in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a typical street scene. Egyptian men have senses of humor, despite the seriousness you see in this photograph. Their witticisms might be characterized: sharply ironic — and at times — sarcastic. For instance: It is common to […]
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An Impression of Cairo Nights
Continue ReadingYou find only superficial differences in Egypt between the armed forces, the police, big business and national government. Indeed it seems the army owns and operates the whole country. Our subjects are soldiers; yet they patrol Cairo streets like regular (albeit amateur) cops. They do so in a relaxed manner — as you can see […]
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More Inhabitants of the Cairo Streets
Continue ReadingI do not know how much these Egyptian guys earn for recycling bags formerly containing cement. They have taken professional care in folding and transporting their used merchandise; however, considering their worn-out sandals, ragged clothing and the ancient bicycle they use for transportation, we can conclude they receive enough money to feed themselves and not […]
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Young Woman With Mixed Emotions
Continue ReadingShe rides on a float in a parade and waves half-halfheartedly toward people on a crowded sidewalk. She expresses complex emotions. I did not see what prompted this look; the event appeared and disappeared too suddenly. She has observed something she despises. A combination of anger, bitterness and disgust definitely shows up on her face. […]
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Breaking the Fast
Continue ReadingThroughout Cairo at sundown during Holy Month, men come out into the streets to eat after a day of abstaining from food, water, cigarettes, even chewing gum and sex of any kind. If all goes perfectly, they will avoid harmful thoughts also during daylight hours. If you go out shopping or just strolling at midday […]
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Seen On The Streets of Cairo (1)
Continue ReadingIn Middle-Eastern nations heterosexual men are free to touch others of the same sex on the street within traditional guidelines, as we see in this affectionate gesture recorded near downtown Cairo, Egypt. This might be father and son, or two brothers waiting together for traffic to clear. The visitor to this part of the world […]
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One From the Alexandrian Streets
Continue ReadingThis was my neighborhood during one summer’s sabbatical by the Mediterranean Sea. In our image you may see streetlamps, heaps of sand, and a wagon whose tailgate seems decorated by children making crayon sketches of melons, bananas, and vegetables too crude and faded to interpret. Above and to our right, abstract art twenty feet tall […]
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