Foundation Ernst Scheidegger Archive

Egypt

Ernst Scheidegger traveled to the Middle East on several occasions: to Yemen, Oman, but also Egypt and the Sudan. It was a photo-feature commissioned by the Aga Khan that took him to Egypt. Cairo always served as the point of departure for the photo-journalism which he undertook with Arnold Hottinger (NZZ) in Southern Egypt and in the Sudan.

Aga Khan in front of the pyramids of Gizeh

Cairo
1955

Moslems in the courtyard of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo

Cairo
1960

The truck used by Arnold Hottinger and Ernst Scheidegger on the border to Sudan

Egypt/Sudan
1965

Moslems standing in worship in the courtyard of the Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo

Cairo
1960