Lovers watch the Nile

There is still imense social pressure in Egypt. Even beyond the obvious differences, there are underlying social agreements that have to be observed in every day life.

Lovers, for instance, have to maintaing a high degree of respect for each other, physically at least. One does not see lovers kissing in public in Cairo. Therefore, in order to build on the respect needed for the foundation of a great life-long relationship, lovers tend to go out and do long strolls along the Nile.

This is such a big part of Cairo landscape, that you can't help but to be confronted with this obvious opportunity to do some photographs.

This couple is sitting along the Nile, gazing into the landscape and maybe dreaming of things to be. Maybe a day in which they can share their love freely and not have to make excuses for a light touch or a kiss.

This picture was taken at dusk (my favourite time to shoot) with a medium-format LTR camera. Old and beaten, but still very good camera.

(Sorry, I just realized this was taken with the Canon digital SLR. It was the square format that I sometimes crop my pictures into that threw me off. My russian LTR takes some godd pictures, but I doubt it that it could've come up with something like this. Again, sorry for the mistake.)