Model Thrown Into Jail Over This Nude Photoshoot At Egyptian Temple (Photo )

Model Thrown Into Jail Over This Nude
Photoshoot At Egyptian Temple (Photo )

A Belgian model Marisa Papen forced to
spend a night in an Egyptian jail after being
caught posing nude in an ancient temple has
said she is determined to keep up her ‘yell
for freedom’ in conservative Islamic
countries.

Papen who describes herself as a ‘free-
spirited and wild-hearted expressionist’,
travelled with photographer Jesse Walker to
North Africa for a shoot at some of the most
famous landmarks of ancient Egypt.

The nude photo model, from the Flanders
region of Belgium, met up in Cairo with
photographer Walker who flew in all the way
from Australia to do the shoot.

And even though the pair said they were
aware of the cultural, political and religious
differences between Egypt and the West when
it comes to nudity, the adventure ended
differently than they both expected.

Early in their trip during the first photoshoot
near the famous pyramids of Giza, the two
got into trouble.

They reportedly bribed a security guard to
start the photoshoot when two other men
showed up.
Papen said: ‘I was suddenly completely
awake, like a cold shower at 5am in the
morning.

‘We tried to explain them that we were
making art with the highest respect for
Egyptian culture, but they could not see a
connection between nudity and art.
‘In their eyes it was porn, or something like
that.’

In the end, Papen and Walker managed to
stay out of trouble by bribing them with £15.

After Giza, the two travelled to Luxor to visit
the vast temple complex of Karnak to shoot
pictures with the theme of ‘dance’, which is
where their trip unraveled.