There seems to be an almost infinite depth in the space photographed by Karim Amr, the pyramids on the horizon are as large as they seem to be built on the same vertical plane. The weight of the air creates layers and defines volumes, towering over anything but rock, sand or sky.
Amr’s photographic series on Egypt alternates between clear landscapes with the moon clearly defined in the sky and views in which the sand, lifted by the hot wind, describes the instability of the night in the desert. Ancient architecture such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx look like spatial ramparts defending an alien landscape, like the settings of Denis Villeneuve’s recent Dune.

Karim Amr’s is an attempt to abstract as much as possible a complex territory such as the desert. The speed with which the landscape changes is contrasted with the idea of stillness, stability and geometry, a play of layers that fossilises even the intrusion of man.
It is fascinating to note how much the sunlight in a landscape such as the Egyptian desert transforms from a chromatic point of view, becoming either an enveloping white veil or a warm red that seems to set fire to the ground and the air.
The photographer’s research also involved the Arab architecture of his city, a series which can be seen in part on Amr’s official Instagram profile.