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The Crested Frillback Pigeon has no clear country of origin but an explorer in 1757 Egypt saw pigeons in Cairo "on which each and every feather was twisted or turned round." Breading for to accentuate these traits, without introducing unwanted results, requires strategizing of coupling a few generations in the future.

Portraits of Egypt’s Fancy Pigeons

The majority of these portraits are thanks to Moustafa and Mohamad Hassan who raise some amazingly beautiful birds at Venus Loft. Their knowledge and collection have really helped me understand the current state of the hobby in Egypt. Related works: A Photo-essay on neighborhood pigeon wars | A short film on Cairo’s pigeon market. I created [...]

Eric at Backpacker's Concierge. Portraits around Cairo.

Portrait of a Travel Executive

This summer I worked with Backpacker’s Concierge to help with their rebranding of travel services in Egypt and Jordan. Their new services and photos have been gaining press so the CEO needed a new portrait with a feel of the middle east and Egypt. We took an afternoon and jetted around Cairo. Here are a [...]

Portraits

Here are a few portraits from the past year. They were mostly for commercial and PR jobs. I hope to create my own distinct portait style while in Egypt, something a bit more like the portraits that a renaissance painter would make.

JetBlue and Kaboom Commercial Photo Shoot

JetBlue & Kaboom worked together to build a playground ex-nihilo and they payed me to hang out with them and document the process for their PR department. The playground was just south of the Fort Lauderdale airport and at the end of the day children from the next-door school came to judge the work, though [...]