Bahariya Oasis, Egypt, 2010

Bahariya Oasis is about five hours driving, southwest of Cairo, and surrounded by vast deserts in every direction. It seems to be a fairly large community and once we checked into our lodging, one of our group (thank you Donnie) arranged for someone to take a few of us in the back of his pickup into a local village, something not on the official agenda. It’s a mud-brick walls and hard-packed dirt streets place, but a commercial center as well. Several young men were cruising the neighborhood on their bikes. I’m just playing–slow shutter speed, pan with the biker, from the bed of a moving, bouncing pickup truck. Shooting like that is always hit or miss, so you do several frames, and hope for something interesting.

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