she said "One pound, egyptian", a photo from South Sinai, Delta

Photographer's Note

Maybe you know Abdullah. He's a bedouin off Nuweiba who since years talks and plays with a dolphin. he's become an attraction. So I was at Abdullah's, talked to him, killed time, drank tea and smoked cigarettes, but no dolphin.

There's a strong feeling when you visit Egypt that everything is to start but nothing will ever happen. That's certainly why egyptian rely in fate and that tomorrow might be in a century.
You soon get fascinated with emptyness and not worried that nothing happens. I was ready to click on dust when I saw the apparition in my viewfinder of this swift little girl, she said " give me one pound, egyptian" while she was pointing her finger to let me know it was one, not two or three...

You know, in Egypt, nothing's important, everything goes blurry after a while, should be the sun, should be the emptyness, that little girl went blurry too.

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gringofil (0) 2003-07-11 0:03

Nice shot, Luko. I like the view more than the little girl. I think she's just a bit too blurry (this coming from the blurry guy) to be of much interest here. Also, her finger seems to be abnormaly long. :-) Nice shot, nonetheless.

CedarBough (74) 2003-07-12 10:35

despite the story, the blurriness of the girl does not work for me. The rest of the scene is completely dominated by her, it's almost hard to find the other stuff cause of the beggar...

SirWilliam (410) 2003-07-13 15:06

nice shot, great story.

mcreider (673) 2003-07-18 14:57

So much true. You just should have added that Nuweiba is not simply Egypt, but the Sinai peninsula. One pound, yes.

Next time there - cross the border in Taba and drop in to TA!

touristdidi (8578) 2003-10-21 2:32

the story makes the photo, otherwise it just looks like................................... emptyness..

zapady (282) 2004-03-18 14:59

Hello Luko
you felt empty in Egypt? this is weird , I think you'd better change your touristic agency!!
There are thousands of beautiful things in Egypt to photograph rather than beggers.

timmiles (0) 2004-06-09 10:36 [Comment]

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ineoo (0) 2004-11-11 20:13

très belle photo
j aime bcp cette petite tête qui sort de nulle part avec son doigt levé
derrière c la désolation avec le bidon la cabanne
ne change pas d agence de voyage!!
j aime bcp les monuments egyptiens mais prendre des gens c est aussi très bien et c' est plutôt rare quand on regarde les photos d'Egypte sur Treakearth

ineoo

capca (0) 2006-05-25 14:34

Tu as trouvé les mots justes quand tu dit que tout est toujours sur le point d'arriver mais que jamais rien ne se passe... c'est tout le charme de l'Egypte !Je voudrai savoir si tu lui as donné ce pound ou pas ? ça me pose toujours problème de photographier les gens à cause de ça
Mari

Betty (143) 2006-08-02 7:11

"Belle" image Luko, le désert sans les clichés de dunes à l'infini, mais petite difference de perception, aprés plus de 15 ans vécus en Egypte, pour moi tout le reste était devenu flou alors que la (non-)vie humaine passait de plus en plus à l'avant de la scène. En vérité, cette petite fille hante l'image comme un fantôme, en la gardant floue, tu la laisses dominer l'image, contrairement a ce que tu dis penser dans ta note :) Betty