For some of the
photographs she was able to stop motion, which would call for a higher number
in shutter speed. I’m thinking perhaps 1600 or higher as a guess. The depth of field appears in most of her
photographs as sharp not really noticing an intense blur at all. I would offer a guess of a high aperture f22
or f35. In the photograph of the man
eating, what appears to be ice cream I believe, the background is blurred the
people in front are made the focus so the aperture is opened more at f8 or
smaller.
The artist
wanted to capture Cairo, the atmosphere, the people, and the behaviors in a way
that perhaps the news outlets were not.
However, with her being a photojournalist she does have shots that would
obviously fit that “news outlet” look.
I greatly
enjoyed viewing these photographs of how she used her camera to portray
Cairo. Different outlets will show
different things (an area being completely violent, hostile, inhabitable). Although that is ever-present (the violence
and catastrophes) just seeing a different approach gives new views and new
stories. She definitely endured quite a
bit as I could only image being a woman and as she stated “it’s too risky” she
had avoided harm to her person by avoiding events based on looks or what may happen to her.
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