This was shot in Tunis Village, Egypt, which is known for its ceramics studios and galleries. Tunis sits next to Qarun Lake, a two-hour trip from Cairo through what feels like endless desert. The village is refreshingly vibrant in every way possible.
This house stopped me in my tracks, and how could it not? The directly contrasting colours, messy edges and hard light. The rest of the village was also painted, but more figurative and illustrative; Here, the simplicity and statement drew me in.
I don’t really consider colour one of my strong points. If anything, I’m even a bit wary of it, with most of my favourite shots in black and white. My eye tends to land first on line and shape before colour, but I can’t resist a big old block of it.