Rock of Ages
When photographer Meredith Andrews travelled to the ancient rock-hewn settlement of Petra, she was captivated by its array of sights – historic and modern Bedouin guides and tourists on horseback cast long shadows onto the Great Rift Valley Fast lane: A local man speeds past one of the many tombs carved into the rock at [...]
When photographer Meredith Andrews travelled to the ancient rock-hewn settlement of Petra, she was captivated by its array of sights – historic and modern
| Bedouin guides and tourists on horseback cast long shadows onto the Great Rift Valley |
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Fast lane: A local man speeds past one of the many tombs carved into the rock at Petra by Nabataeans more than 2,000 years ago |
| Petras may be an ancient city, but serving as a location for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) is also a point of local pride |
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Barbers take a break in their shop in Amman, the capital and largest city in Jordan |
| The Desert Highway from Amman to Petra takes about 2½ hours by taxi, bus – or by articulated lorry |
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‘As-Salaamu Alaikum’: This Arabic phrase is a good way to greet strangers – such as this member of the Jordanian Armed Forces. But English is widely understood by
most Jordanians |
Born in the United States to British parents, Meredith Andrews became the proud owner of a manual SLR camera as a 16- year-old. Now based in Sweden, Andrews has
been working as an independent photographer for the past decade, shooting for clients including Amnesty International, Getty Images
and Nike.
She travelled to Jordan last year with a plan to capture images of Petra. “I was intrigued by the city’s mystical heritage and the fact that it was hidden until international
discovery in 1812,” she tells Voyager. “But I found that modern, day-today life in Jordan is just as fascinating to photograph. Whether following in the footsteps of Lawrence
of Arabia or eating falafel on the roadside, I see Jordan as the gateway to the whole of the Middle East.”
www.meredithandrewsphotography.com
