Photographer based in Cairo, Egypt >> Shawn Baldwin
Zabaleen, Egypt

Zabbaleen's show off their hands with tattoo's of Jesus Christ in a predominately Coptic Christian neighborhood in Manshiet Nasser in Cairo, Egypt. The Egyptian community of mainly Coptic Christians, known as Zabbaleen, are employed in the city of Cairo to collect and dispose of much of the city's waste. The organic waste is fed to pigs. May 2009.
Images © 2002-2012 Shawn Baldwin. Portfolio design by Neon Sky.