Mascara, an original Egyptian hardcore band
Sherine Amr, and Nancy Mounir, are the two current members of Mascara, a hard core yet melodic band with roots in Alexandria, Egypt. They have both moved to Cairo and are reforming their band, starting with session members to help in studio recordings and eventually returning to the international stage. The all girls band name Mascara, [...]
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 [...]
Pope Shenouda III and the Coptic Church
I specifically like this photo because President Mubarak and Pope Shenouda share a “Weekend at Bernie’s” quality, now I just have to find a stuffed Mubarak doll somewhere. Pope Shenouda, the leader of approximate 20 million Coptic Christians was born in 1923 and doesn’t make many public appearances but he still clings to his position [...]
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.
Key West Portrait
The first portrait was of a couple from France, I’m going to have to return and shoot a bunch more like this.= of the kitsch in the Florida Keys. I forgot the restaurant but it was on Deer Island Key, but there were dollar bills plastered around the walls and light that just sung. There [...]
A women I met at the MetroRail/TriRail in Miami
She was 10 in the first picture. Her mother holds her in their old back yard. The imprint at the top says April 1968. The second picture I took as I waited for my train. Today she shares the alley beside the MetroRail/TriRail transfer station in Miami with a friend. She has been living there [...]
Personal Stories
I never dreamed of the range of people that I can talk with in a single day under the guise of being a photographer. They open up their life to me, the economics of their business, the details of hard nights. Now if I can just figure out which one has the answer. John, I [...]
