Sunday, February 13, 2011

Images from Egypt

My favorite photographer - Julie Dermansky - just sent me the following pictures she took from Tahir Square in Cairo. Her normal camera was confiscated by the Mubarak regime, and so these pictures were taken with a flip phone.

Tahrir Square in Cairo after Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman stated that Mubarak had stepped down

Girl with family walking to Tahrir Square in Cairo after news of Mubarak's resignation

Man placing flowers on memorial in Tahrir Square in Cairo the next day

Man in tent in Tahrir Square the next day

Mother and child in tent in Tahrir Square the next day (not everyone is ready to leave)

Boy in Tahrir Square in Cairo the next day

Graffiti near Tahrir Square the day after

To see Dermansky's pictures of the Gulf of Mexico, see this and this.

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