Desert photography may be rather polarizing. What some people perceive as a trivial photo of rocks, stones, sand and a plant here and there, may be a unique and artistic composition of light, place, objects and shapes to others. Of shapes such as lines, zigzags, triangles, curves, circles, arcs, and spirals.
As visual perception varies so much with the individual, this site could just as well be called ´... in the eyes of the beholder´ but I rather refer to the geographic location of the shootings, ´the Great Eastern Arabian Desert near Hurghada´.
Me, that is Wolfgang Prante, former UN employee and husband of a teacher at the German School of Hurghada,. What kind of characterizes me is my love for the desert, the ambition to turn visual impressions during desert excursions into photographs and to share what so much overwhelms me with my family, with friends and with other people interested in photography.
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I use two Nikon DSRL (digital single-lens) cameras, a variety of zoom lenses and engage in some post-production efforts, including turning every worthwhile shot into a black and white photo.
All photos on this site have been shot in a radius of less than 60 km from Hurghada. In conversations with friends and acquaintances here in Hurghada I gained the impression that only a few of them know or cherish the great treasure which lies in the vicinity/hinterland of Hurghada, i. e. the easternmost part of the Great Eastern Arabic Desert.
It would very much please me if, through this site and the photographic eye of a foreign hobby-photographer, I could arouse the vistitors´ interest in the desert´s unique beauty in terms of lights and shapes and thus to acquaint them and their beloved ones with a plethora of unique places of silence, spirituality and environmental aesthetics.
Acknowledgements:
Beduin Life Camp and Safari, provided transport and excellent guidance to and knowledge about the locations of the photo-shootings.