Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Five takes today - the last one is BW The first three illustrate a point made by Xavier B on the Leicareflex list, who remembered well extremely poor sanitary conditions on the road back from Saqqarah. Here, a canal in Cairo in which I even saw the decaying carcass of a horse ... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Flotstam-0760.jpg.html And yet people live and work there - this street stank like hell and I felt sick over the two or three miles of its length ... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+And+yet-0789.jpg.html Kids and adults toil in the midst of refuse, plastic bags, and more ? long live plastics ... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hygiene-0782.jpg.html On a lighter note, I also felt sorry for this poor chap, for other reasons bringing me back in time ... http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hard+luck-0800.jpg.html But I wouldn?t finish the series without something more aesthetic (in spite of the presence of the armed soldier) and in BW :-) http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Contrejour-1095.jpg.html Some may be viewed large for better appreciation. Amities Philippe