Once again the Egyptian coffee shop is my studio; this one is right outside my hotel in Midan Hussein and always my first port of call in the morning, one of the many joys of Cairo is not having to wander to far in search of a picture.

While waiting for my coffee I loaded film and started to prepare for another hard day at the office, the man looked friendly and I said hello, I noticed the portrait looking over his shoulder, I changed the lens and asked if he minded me taking his picture, he didn’t mind but I only shot the one frame, my coffee had arrived.