Without the Frame
CAIRO, EGYPT. Wandering through Cairo’s Khan el-Khalili I bumped into four men sitting in the shade, drinking tea and chatting away. One of them noticed me with my cameras, wagged his finger at me and said, “Ten dollars!” I smiled, waved him off, and turned to one of his friends who smiled and posed. So I shot a few frames, then printed him off a copy on my portable printer. He smiled, shook my hand, and said thank you while the others all looked on. The first man, now intrigued, got my attention, used the same finger to point to his chest, and said, “Photo, photo!” I smiled, wagged my finger, and said, “Ten dollars!” He looked at me sternly, then a grin spread across his face. He laughed, and I spent the next 15 minutes taking ...
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