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CAIRO BY NIGHT
The story
behind the photo
KANAFANI
AT WORK, TAHRIR ROAD Photo
and text by Youssef Rakha
Even
a posed portrait can convey a sense of immediacy. The art of konafa-baking
is exacting, exquisite and almost mystical in its exalted uniqueness.
Principally a kanafani during the holy month of Ramadan, the young and
hip Hagg Omar who oversees this bakery off Faisal Road, Haram, works for
the rest of the year as a fatatri (a feteer specialist). The scene
encapsulates a prominent aspect of the city's often culinary-oriented
night life, and the business of photographically reproducing it was
facilitated by the subject, who was admirably neither camera- nor
self-conscious.
 From
a work in progress called "Monochrome Cairo" by Youssef Rakha,
who can be contacted at yrakha@link.net
Technical
specifications: Shot
on Kodak TMAX 400 film, rated at ISO 3200, push processed and printed on
Kodabrome F3. Camera was Nikon F601 with Nikkor 28-80 zoom lens. Previous
installment:
TYRE REPAIRS
FARGHALI FRUIT JUICE, DOKKI
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