Comments on: laura el-tantawy – cairo https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/ burn is an online feature for emerging photographers worldwide. burn is curated by magnum photographer david alan harvey. Wed, 07 Sep 2016 08:31:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 By: Los Dioses Están Ciegos – Rafael Roa https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-1069803 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 16:20:28 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-1069803 […] o están ciegos,o les falla la webcam. Hoy he visto imágenes en la televisión de la violencia enEgipto y de como se asesina a la gente con la complicidad de toda la comunidadinternacional que esta […]

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By: “In the Shadow of the Pyramids” by Laura El-Tantawy | Painting Realities https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-756056 Mon, 16 Feb 2015 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-756056 […] this backdrop the work of Laura El-Tantawy suddenly fell into my world. Her words and pictures appeared in Burn Magazine, painterly floating across my computer screen. It was Cairo, it was Tahrir and it truly seemed like […]

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By: Dokfoto 2014 – Day 2 | Painting Realities https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-752528 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:17:28 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-752528 […] know how to cope with the politics and struggles any longer. I recall seeing her pictures from Tahrir Square in Burn Magazine, and now being able to listen to her voice talking about the experience was worth more than I can […]

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By: Rafael Roa Fotografía y más - Los Dioses Están Ciegos https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-108833 Fri, 11 May 2012 22:42:51 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-108833 […] o están ciegos,o les falla la webcam. Hoy he visto imágenes en la televisión de la violencia enEgipto y de como se asesina a la gente con la complicidad de toda la comunidadinternacional que esta […]

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By: The Rough Guide to the “Arab Spring” « radical africa https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-104050 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 07:45:04 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-104050 […] magazine. The first piece by el-Tantawy I was put onto was a photo blog of Cairo during the initial uprising. Beautiful, thoughtful, and so necessary. More recently, her post on Reda Abdelaziz Mohamed, a […]

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By: The Rough Guide to the “Arab Spring” – Africa is a Country https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-103978 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:00:55 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-103978 […] magazine. The first piece by el-Tantawy I was put onto was a photo blog of Cairo during the initial uprising. Beautiful, thoughtful, and so necessary. More recently, her post on Reda Abdelaziz Mohamed, a […]

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By: Interesting Times and Photography | Hugh Hamilton https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-87319 Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:42:24 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-87319 […] pictures from 11th Feb in Cairo’s Tahrir Square seem on David Allan Harvey’s Burn Magazine site. Her images were also discussed in an Open-i webinar last Sunday, 20th March (if you want […]

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By: lisa hogben https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-86179 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:02:06 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-86179 Hey Laura, sorry I am a bit late to this party…I have had a whole bunch of of things going on down on this side of the world…this is extraordinary work and I am glad that the will of the people has prevailed…on this side of the world it has been a number of months of the will of god which always prevails regardless… A beautiful essay, my particular favourites are the guy in the palm tree and the guy in the tank treads…but I reckon the guy in the palm tree is a WPP winner! Great to see your work here, cheers Lisa

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By: brascao https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84901 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:53:04 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84901 Congratulations Laura.. really touching your work. Best wishes

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By: Kenneth Dickerman https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84558 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:07:03 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84558 just fantastic work. i like that it doesnt pummel me over the head with “this is what is happening” pictures. not merely pictures of record, but more personal, narrative work. much like the best reportage in the writing realm (kapuscinski). anyway, more of what we need. in 29 pictures, only a few of people with hands in the air, whereas that’s what everybody else is showing (at least in edits). i can imagine that more is happening there (or was) than people standing around in Tahrir Square with their mouths open and their hands in the air. Yes, for me, you have shown us, perhaps, a more comprehensive (sensory, etc…) “picture” of what happened and is happening there.

Laura, your quote “most of my work is like this, with no definite beginning or end” I submit, isnt this kind of what life is like? Superb!

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By: Thoughts on dreams, iconic shoes, & inside a revolution https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84553 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:05:25 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84553 […] Her writing is simple and powerful. She was in Liberation Square when Hosni Mubarak stepped down. Laura El-Tantawy’s photo essay can be found at Burn Magazine. […]

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By: Kyunghee Lee https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84544 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:34:33 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84544 Laura,

I felt pain, sorrow, genuine courage, and passion from your essay.

Thank you very much for your real works.

And congratulations on the success of Egyptian againt autocracy.

Kyunghee Lee

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By: lauraeltantawy https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84506 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:05:41 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84506 Morning all – it feels unreal to be back in London after a really intense few days in Cairo. I definitely agree that the work here is more of a series than an actual story. In fact most of my work is like this, with no definite beginning or end. It’s also still unreal thinking Mubarak is gone. The vibe in Cairo is like nothing I have ever seen before. My last couple of days there the conversation was revolving around whether to stay in the square until the rest of the demonstrator’s demands are fulfilled, or if they should go. There was a definite split and it was very interesting to listen to people debate and of course, at times, take part in the debate myself.

In the end, the spirit in the city, and surely the country, is one of a new beginning. Most people feel a sense of relief the military has taken over and they feel safe. The military will only be there temporarily until a new government is formed (anytime over next six months). Now there is a sense that the air is purer, the spirits are stronger and dreams can actually come true. It is a new Egypt.

Thanks for all the support you have shown me here on this platform. When I left for Cairo I didn’t have intention of necessarily having my work published and seen by so many people. Thanks for the courtesy you have shown me and for allowing me to share my story ==> L.

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By: Herve https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84494 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 06:49:34 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84494 It does come out superbly as an essay, though I definitely would not see it as a documentary of the events, and most of the comments do point to that, that this is about feelings, moments of great emotions, and Laura’s personal stake and fire-hot stance in catching her own people in the midst of long-awaited liberation (if it proves to be, too soon to tell).

Probably, Laura shot during the days too, as this is one remark that comes to my mind? Did you consciously edit the essay to keep only night shots?

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By: denislav https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84457 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:26:02 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84457 This is the best documentary work on the revolution in Egypt, for sure! Laura took photos that will exist eternally.

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By: wendy https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84455 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:12:04 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84455 L
dreams and reality…..
combined…..
BRAVO!!!!!
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By: mw https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84452 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:29:29 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84452 That first photo, the one of the guy up in the palm tree, congratulations, best photo I’ve seen about Egypt so far. I just went through the 48 photos that Gladdy suggested at the Atlantic (real Atlantic, RIP) and knew nothing after viewing that I didn’t know before, which was pretty much next to nothing. Guy in the palm tree though, that really captures it. For me at least. As I commented in the other thread, in response to David’s mention that he cares more about the truth of feeling vs any kind of literal truth, most of your photos feel like trepidation, like everyone is deathly afraid of what’s going to happen next. Guy in the palm tree though, he doesn’t give a shit what’s going to happen next. He’s going to take the leap into that ole great unknown. And gonna do it with style. That’s the kind of feeling I like to see. Feels true. And I genuinely hope it works out for the Egyptian people, though of course I have my doubts. But fuck a bunch of me and my doubts, eh. Jump off the palm tree, I say. Go for it.

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By: Mike R https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84445 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:59:29 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84445 Laura, you wrote “My name is Laura El-Tantawy and I am a proud Egyptian citizen” and any Egyptian citizen who sees your work will, I’m sure, be proud of you. This is first class photojournalism, showing insight and empathy with your subject. I’m so pleased that the story, so-far at least, has had the hoped-for outcome for the Egyptian people. Of course the story has just begun and Paolo Pellegrin will now document for Burn and for Magnum. Documenting such stories after the press pack have left is what Magnum does so well and I hope you have the opportunity to return and do the same.

Congratulations Laura, strong, brave work.

Mike.

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By: James Chance https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84443 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:47:06 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84443 Nice to see something a little different, and personal!

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By: andrew b. https://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2011/02/laura-el-tantawy-cairo/#comment-84441 Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:03:47 +0000 http://www.burnmagazine.org/?p=8473#comment-84441 Laura,

Wonderful work. Well done.

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