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Subject: [Leica] IMG : Egypt - A not so bright side of life ...
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 00:15:44 +0100
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Well that's a depressing set, Philippe :-) Except for the last one, of 
course!

Good recording, but I'm not saving for a trip there...

Douglas



On 30/03/2020 17:14, Philippe via LUG wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from photo.philippe.amard at gmail.com (Philippe) ([Leica] IMG : Egypt - A not so bright side of life ...)