It was as if I landed in a movie. The beautiful monument with the sphinxes exuded something mystical. Especially in the late sunlight. The half man, half lion guarded temples and tombs in ancient Egypt. Here, he guards the man and woman at his feet.
While the lion's body symbolizes great physical strength, the human head symbolizes the power of the thinking ability. And it's precisely this thinking ability that has helped us with modern technology. And given us the smartphone. We can no longer live without it. The power of the phone.
That combination attracted me to this scene. In fact, I spotted two people who had nothing to do with each other. Just a man and a woman who sat down for a moment, coincidentally at the foot of a sphinx. But their phones, the white elements (the mouth cap and the roll of paper) and the way they sat in relation to the sphinx connected them for a moment.
Hi, nice to have you here! I am Marcella, a passionate street photographer.
I love capturing beautiful images from everyday life. I find it magical that it is simply 'available for the taking' on the street.
My anthropological background determines my way of seeing. It is my motivation. All my..
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