Mark Voss

EGYPT

Selected photos from 2003 to the present.

Sunset ride at the Pyramids.
   
Reading room at the new Alexandria Library.
   
Sufi dervish in Cairo.
     
  
Feluccas at sunset on the Nile. Cairo.
   
Ferry boats moored along the Nile. Luxor.
   
Quiltmakers making tapestries on Tentmakers' Street. Cairo.
     
  
Perfumes in the Khan al-Khalili market. Cairo.
   
Vegetable vendor. Cairo.
   
Dishes and Domes. Cairo.Cairo has the largest concentration of medieval Islamic architecture in the world and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
     
  
Caretakers at the al-Rifa'i mosque. Cairo.
   
Spice grinder. Khan al-Khalili market. Cairo.Child labor is a commonly-seen symptom of Egypt's widespread poverty.
   
The White Desert at sunset.
     
  
A farmer roasts freshly-harvested corn along an irrigation canal near Beni Suef.
   
A woman at prayer in the 14th century Sultan Hasan Mosque. Cairo.