We are all performing in front of the camera.
The girls have carried their white clothing which is calculated to look nice while blown by the wind. A few steps further, the carriage driver and the horse are waiting while the perfect picture is directed by the couple.
Some of us perform in daily life without acknowledging that we will be in a picture of another human, traveller.
The merchant, the city of old Cairo and some questions for the traveller.
How many things can on buy? Will I help the local economy if I buy a cheap memorabilia which I will probably encounter years later on, when trying to decide what I will do with it and thinking about the pile of waster that will end up in the land fields
Here, few people crossing the bridge up and down -crossing the street here is a skill which must be learned. The cabs are white, the numbers are different, you need to cross-check twice when ordering through an app. We all wear jeans, we stop by to look at Nile river.
At the end of the street, an obelisk of Ramses II, at Tahrir square among buildings and traffick.
Is this artpiece pointing at the sky? Does it shows us what is important or how small we are? Does it show what humans are capable of building instead of destroying? How many people worked for this?
“Still images from a movie called life” aims to be a series of writing and visuals (photography, drawings) aiming to present a perspective of the core human experience we all share, highlight our vulnerabilities and magic in daily tiny moments along with stills showing resilience and creativity amid a rising polarised world and society.
The images are mostly collected by trips along with notes. By trip, I mean not only an actual trip to another country, city, to nature but also a meaningful conversation, a very difficult decision with a lot of thinking, a walk on the beach, a new movie, a museum, or anything that adds meaning in the daily life of a human.
Photos: Egypt March 2025, text: September 2025.
Music with arched harp music I just discovered, you can listen to while reading.