Video by Jeroen Wolf
In 1966, a Norwegian-born, Mexico-educated, Beirut-resident photographer and journalist named Tor Eigeland took his first assignment for this magazine. Since then, his byline has appeared more than 50 times on some of our most popular stories from around the globe. Now living in England, he reflects on a few of his—and the editors’—favorite images, which include this unpublished photo of a boy sailing a model wooden dhow on Lake Manzala near Port Said in Egypt, photographed in 1981 for “The Lakes of Egypt.”
Read the full story here.
In 1966, a Norwegian-born, Mexico-educated, Beirut-resident photographer and journalist named Tor Eigeland took his first assignment for this magazine. Since then, his byline has appeared more than 50 times on some of our most popular stories from around the globe. Now living in England, he reflects on a few of his—and the editors’—favorite images, which include this unpublished photo of a boy sailing a model wooden dhow on Lake Manzala near Port Said in Egypt, photographed in 1981 for “The Lakes of Egypt.”
Read the full story here.
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