Stories about Portrait

Portraits are often part of my photo assignments. I prefer to spend a few hours hanging out with a person and casually making portraits, but often, especially with CEOs and pigeon I must step in with a fully formed idea and create a photo within a few mintes.

Professor Ali Mohamed Zaki and the Corona Virus

Originally published on the front page of The Guardian A portrait of Professor Ali Mohamed Zaki in his office in CAIRO, EGYPT on March 15 . Dr. Zaki diagnosed the first patient with a strain of the Corona virus in Saudi Arabia. He was then fired for announcing it himself, but the information was later [...]

Mohsin Bahnasi is a human rights lawyer involved with a special committee called by Morsi to find the truth of what happened since the start of the revolution in Cairo, Egypt on January 17. He rests his hand on the summary of the report, the full report is more than 700 pages and is not yet public.

Human Rights Lawyer, Mohsin Bahnasi

Origionally published in The National: Cracking the mysteries of the Egyptian revolution proves elusive Mohsin Bahnasi is a human rights lawyer involved with a special committee called by Morsi to find the truth of what happened since the start of the revolution in Cairo, Egypt on January 17. He rests his hand on the summary [...]

CEO Ramez Mohamed, sits in front of a photo wall of the previous participants at Flat6Labs in Egypt on January 15. The members have been building their small business ideas with a 3 month cycle taking advantage of the space, and mentorship in the Giza office.

(Photo by David Degner / Getty Images)

Flat6Labs – Cairo Small Business Incubator

Flat6Labs, the start-up incubator based in Egypt, is planning to expand to other countries in the Arabian Gulf and Middle East, and is in talks with potential partners in the UAE. The Cairo-based incubator, a partnership between the American University of Cairo and the venture capital firm Sarwari Ventures, was founded at the start of [...]

Azza Fahmy discusses ideas with her design team. She works with a team of designers lead by her daughter Amina is now integral in the design team, and her daughter Fatima is the managing director.

Azza Fahmy, Egyptian Jewelry Designer

Azza Fahmy has built up a unique line of jewelry coming out of Egypt using the symbols of the the middle east. Now her business runs around her and her two daughters are helping with the design and business.

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 [...]

Egypt’s New Civil Society – Portraits for FT Magazine

One year after Hosni Mubarak’s fall, it is the young people of Egypt who are leading the battle for change. Heba Saleh meets a new generation of activists. Photography by David Degner

Portrait of Wael Ghonim

Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship. He recently published a book “Revolution 2.0″.

Gamal al-Banna

Gamal Al-Banna, is an Egyptian author, and trade unionist. He is sometimes regarded as an Islamic scholar but many Muslim scholars consider his ideas to be contradicting with Quran and Sunnah. He is also President of the International Islamic Confederation of Labour.

Esraa Abdelfattah

Esraa Abdelfattah ( Israa Abdel Fattah, اسراء عبد الفتاح ) one of the founding members of the April 6th movement stand outside her office at the Egyptian Democratic Academy. Esraa co-founded April 6 Youth Movement Egypt in 2008, a Facebook group to support the workers in El-Mahalla El-Kubra who were planning to strike on April [...]