Street photography has been on the rise in Egypt with a collective of artists taking run-of-the-mill scenes and bringing them to life through their lens. With regulations easing around photography in public places in Egypt as of 2020, the streets of Cairo, and Egypt at large, have become these artists’ muse; their playground. Documenting moments that are quintessential examples of living in Egypt, these artists find beauty in the mundane. That ful (fava beans) cart sitting on the corner of a bustling street, lonely and unobtrusive, is suddenly the main character taking centre stage; that child perfectly balancing a basket of freshly baked baladi bread on his head is transformed into the star of the performance; and the neighbourhood presser going about his prosaic day-to-day duties is turned into the hero of the odyssey. What makes a good street photographer is finding the unfolding story in those fleeting moments that the rest of the world is too busy to take notice of. Here are the photographers that remould an otherwise humdrum scene into a visual narrative bursting with vibrance and charm. Nader Saadallah View this post on Instagram …
