EGYPT
Photography is how I think. Ideas start as images long before they become concepts.
Travel sharpens the way I look — slowing me down, bringing me closer to people, places, and their rhythms. I’m drawn to honest moments: light, texture, gestures, and what happens in between. It’s how I observe, remember, and make sense of the world.
Between Chaos and Wonder
Egypt is a country people rarely agree on. Some love it, some hate it. Before going, my friend and I talked a lot about what it would be like to travel there as two women. Everyone we asked had a different story. Still, we went — curious, prepared, and drawn by the history, the mysticism, and all the stories that live around it.
We had little time: about two and a half weeks for both Egypt and Jordan, with only a week and a half in Egypt. Short, but intense. Cairo hit immediately — loud, busy, chaotic, dirty even — yet right there in between, beauty. Markets full of color, details everywhere, people welcoming you into their world. I loved it.
From Cairo, we took the night train south to Aswan. Long hours, half-awake, rolling through darkness — it felt surreal, almost cinematic, like stepping into a Wes Anderson scene. From there: temples, history, layers upon layers. Luxor, Edfu, Aswan.
Elephantine Island stayed with me. Calm, green, slow. A pause between monuments. Daily life unfolding quietly along the Nile, offering a softer, more human rhythm amidst all the grandeur.
What struck me most was the energy. The warmth of the people. The visual richness of everything. And how quickly the experience deepened once we stepped away from the tourist paths. The further you move from the obvious, the more Egypt opens itself.
Relatively short, but deeply impactful. I’d go back in a heartbeat — there’s so much more to see.
(All images by me, Egypt 2023)
