“I like the Egyptian countryside and I belong to the Egyptian society, so I always like to portray that society beautifully in my pictures.” Fadel Dawod is a Cairo-based Egyptian photojournalist whose work has been published in The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post, National Geographic, among others. He recently traveled to Al-Fayoum to cover the cotton crop harvest collection at the end of summer. Although this is not the first time he features crop harvests in his photography, this one was special because of those working in the field. “I read that Al-Fayoum’s cotton crop is mainly collected by children, and that is why I decided to go there. All the children there collect the cotton crop and sometimes take two weeks off from school at the time of harvest,” says Dawod. Dawod traveled around and visited more than ten places in Al-Fayoum to find the best location to capture these shots until he found this field in ‘Ezbet Rahim in Etsa. “I like stories that relate to people and society. I like to feel like I belong to the people,” he explains. “To take one picture in…
Egyptian Photographer Captures Stunning Shots of Cotton Crop Harvest
September 29, 2021
