jason quinlan

Dark Clouds Over Wall of the Crow, originally uploaded by jpquinlan.

While taking final post-ex photos in the middle of a sand storm, I looked up from atop the ladder and saw this ominous view.

Zamalek Flattened, originally uploaded by jpquinlan.

I took this shot while wandering through Zamalek last week. I was originally just trying to shoot the apartment building in the distance, but then found my eye trailing back and forth along these intersecting building perspective slants. I like the way the depth of distance is flattened into crossing patterns that very much match in their color. This is not a hard thing to do in this city, since most of Cairo architecture is covered by this same grit of earth tones. This mix of flatness and perspective seems to give it a slight Escheresque quality.

Ladder Assistance, originally uploaded by jpquinlan.

After much patience, waiting for the area to be cleaned and the osteology team to finish removing the child burial, we waited a little more for a passing cloud to diffuse my harsh shadow over the archaeology.