Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin

Middle East

Fisherman chat after returning to port as construction continues (in the background) on buidlings in the financial district in Manama, Bahrain. At back is a traditional boat. There is a great clash of values taking place in Bahrain, as it has throughout a region where fabulous oil wealth and the intoxicating influence of globalization have often overwhelmed heritage and tradition. September 2009.
Fisherman chat after returning to port as construction continues (in the background) on buidlings in the financial district in Manama, Bahrain. At back is a traditional boat. There is a great clash of values taking place in Bahrain, as it has throughout a region where fabulous oil wealth and the intoxicating influence of globalization have often overwhelmed heritage and tradition. September 2009.