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

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

These are by far the easiest photographs to take of developing countries,
especially for tourists from the developed world. I, for one, refuse to
take these sort of slum porn, preferring to concentrate on the positives,
just as I refuse to photograph the destitute, the homeless, etc, no matter
where I travel, or at home. I do not want to strip away what little dignity
they have left by treating them like animals in a zoo. YMMV, of course.

The last one is a nice shot.

Cheers
Jayanand

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 9:44 PM Philippe via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Five takes today - the last one is BW
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> 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.
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> Here, a canal in Cairo in which I even saw the decaying carcass of a horse
> ...
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Flotstam-0760.jpg.html
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> 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 ...
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+And+yet-0789.jpg.html
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> Kids and adults toil in the midst of refuse, plastic bags, and more … long
> live plastics ...
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hygiene-0782.jpg.html
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> On a lighter note, I also felt sorry for this poor chap, for other reasons
> bringing me back in time ...
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Hard+luck-0800.jpg.html
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> But I wouldn’t finish the series without something more aesthetic (in
> spite of the presence of the armed soldier) and in BW :-)
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Phileica/2020-Egypt/2020+-+Egypt+-+Contrejour-1095.jpg.html
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> Some may be viewed large for better appreciation.
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> Amities
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> Philippe
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