A Nude Bothers Egypt

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Model Marisa Papen and photographer Jesse Walker arrived in Egypt last March for unusual photo shoots in this conservative, Muslim-majority country.

Part of a tour around the world, the Belgian aimed to portray herself naked in the pyramids of Giza and the majestic Temple of Karnak, outside Cairo, in a tribute to the famous Queen Nefertari, the favorite of Pharaoh Ramses II, owner of legendary beauty.

One does not have to be too risky to guess that the intentions of this couple were going to cause a heartburn to the Egyptian authorities, who already on other occasions have had to deal with attempts to use their precious archaeological jewels for more than contemplation.

According to the model told the EFE agency, they managed to take several photos until they were discovered by local workers, from whom they bought the silence with a tip from p / BYrwXJGlgiC /? Taken-by = enkieyewear

The couple left the North African country shortly after and until now they had debated whether to make the images public, which they had erased when arrested and which they later managed to recover thanks to a special computer program.

“We have enjoyed good conversations with the Egyptians and there are people who have helped us. But we have had problems because I am not a religious person,”he explained to the Papen agency, who also has marketing studies and defends that the type of photos taken are artistic. "It seems that to the Egyptians nudity means porn and they don't see anything artistic about it."

The model's tour of Egypt is part of a personal project entitled My Island, which has led her to pose nude in different parts of the world and which she shares on her personal website. Some of the images have also been used to promote a brand of sunglasses.