[Leica] IMG : Egypt - A not so bright side of life ...

[Philippe]

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