The street graphics of modern Egypt reflect three distinct cultures and visual styles: ancient Egyptian imagery, a developing Western international style, and the traditional Arabic calligraphy of Egypt's Islamic majority.
Thousands of years ago, Egyptians carved a pictorial history of Pharaonic culture on their temples, tombs, and monuments. Representations and interpretations of this ancient culture saturate modern Egypt's tourism industry, from hotel signs and theme parks to the souvenirs sold by street hawkers. The development of Egypt's coastal resorts has been accompanied by modern images of beach and party lifestyles, and this new imagery thrives alongside the traditional in stark contrast or startling confusion. Barry Dawson's photographic record is a colorful source of diverse street images that provide a creative springboard for graphic artists, a visual impression for visitors, and an offbeat pictorial introduction to ancient and modern Egypt. 200 color illustrationsBook Description
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Barry Dawson is a supreme global traveller, whose acute photographic eye has borne fruit in many publications, including Arts and Crafts of India and The Traditional Architecture of Indonesia.
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Nice, but too obviously an outsider's view,
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Given the fairly limited audience a book like this would appeal to, we can't have it all, and this is a very good snapshot of modern Egyptian graphic arts, especially advertising. That said, too many of the images are of non-Egyptian products (foreign movies, foreign products, Coke), or images that are otherwise aimed at foreigners (museum passes, souvenir shops, tacky t-shirts, etc). Now obviously there's something to be said about the clash of cultures, but pop-culture savvy Egyptians and long-time residents/travellers will be disappointed by this book. It looks too obviously like the result of a quick tour of the country. Dawson would greatly have benefitted from some advice from some of Egypt's hipper residents.
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Just brilliant...,
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That book is very unique.. because it's about Egypt.. and there aren't that many books that discuss modern Egypt in such a detailed way. And being an Egyptian myself.. even in Egypt.. I've never seen something so detailed in describing the big downfall that has happened to Egyptian culture since the time of the pharoahs.. which was strongly emphasized in the book. I strongly recommend it.
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