For the past three years, Egypt has been presented as a country filled with political and economic turmoil. From photographs of protesters battling tear gas at Tahrir Square to footage of burning buildings and clashes, images of the authentic, everyday life in Egypt have been rare to find. To tackle this and to present the intricacies of Egyptian life through images, a group of photographers created ‘Everyday Egypt.’ The following is an interview with Tinne Van Loon, a Belgian/American documentary photographer who has worked in Egypt since the start of 2013 and has been based in Cairo since April 2014. As the founder of Everyday Egypt, Tinne Van Loon provides us with an inside view of the recently founded project. What is Everyday Egypt? Everyday Egypt is an instagram feed and facebook page managed by a group of Egyptian and foreign photographers who want to present a more honest and complex picture of Egypt. All too often, Egypt gets defined by its news headlines, and only images of protests, clashes, conflict and despair get published. This is a skewed and fatalistic view of the country, directly at odds with…
