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Life and Death

  • Photographer
    Patricia Mora
  • Agency / Studio
    Patricia Mora Photography

Ancient Egyptians beliefs comprised a world where opposites coexisted in a constant struggle that contribute to keep the balance in the cosmos.The lifeless desert was the realm of the dead, were all the tombs and mortuary temples were built, and the fertile area surrounding the Nile was the domain of the living. One could not exist without the other. This world of contrasts, of life and death, fertile and infertile, is still visible today, emphasized from this aerial view taken from a hot air ballon in the west bank of Luxor. Even nowadays, Egypt is a gift from the Nile.

Born in Barcelona in 1983. While doing a degree in History, specialized in Egyptology, she discovered her passion for photography and studied photography and professional lighting. She combined both passions for a living, working as an archaeological photographer in Egypt, with national and international archaeological projects in Cairo, Luxor and Aswan since 2006, and photographing daily life in Egypt during her working stays in the country. She has exhibited in Jaén and Alcalá de Henares, with the topics of the results of the Spanish archaeological projects she currently works with in Egypt.