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Morocco 1997, in the Anti Atlas Mountains near Tafraoute The first time I went to Tafraoute was on a tour, 6 or so people packed in a small 4×4. I longingly glimpsed the hilltop kasbahs built of stone that stood like outposts in the … Continue reading
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Merzouga, Morocco 1997 September is the month for weddings in Morocco. Friends and family gather outside the home of the groom where the bride sits in state for three days. She is attended by her best friend or a female member … Continue reading
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Morocco 2005, A Berber family camp, somewhere in the desert east of Merzouga My guide used to take me to look for nomads. He would ask the camel traders if they knew of any encampments. Often, a trader would accompany us … Continue reading
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Telouet Village, Morocco 2009. The village is damp from recent rains. It can be cold in the High Atlas even in September. The houses have no chimney just a hole in the roof to let the smoke escape. Mountain families spend … Continue reading
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Morocco 1998 Imilchil, a village in the High Atlas Mountains Every fall, there is a marriage festival in Imilchil. It’s sort of a Sadie Hawkins Day affair; women of the Ait Haddou tribe can ask men to marry them. Normally the women who … Continue reading
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Morocco: A nomad encampment somewhere in the Guir Desert An unmarried Berber girl stopped her chores for a moment and allowed me to take her portrait. There was a bit of tension in the air. I sensed hostility from the gnarled, … Continue reading
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Chefchouan, Morocco 2006 An old woman makes a few pennies selling onions, garlic and some other stuff. She sits by a wall in her neighborhood arranging and rearranging her produce. Maybe the message of this photo isn’t as bleak as it seems. … Continue reading
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Mopti, Mali 2001 : A Fulani girl peers from her doorway. The Fulani woman are considered the most beautiful in West Africa… and not just by the men, the women consider themselves beautiful as well. Many have fine features reminiscent of … Continue reading
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High Atlas Mountains, Morocco 1999 I had spent the night in a small hotel in the heart of the gorge at Boumalne Dades. That morning a Berber guide and I began the hike into the mountains to visit the Berber cave … Continue reading
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Morocco, somewhere between Ouarzazate and Merzouga, 1998 Women are sent out to fetch vegetation to burn for bread baking. You can’t really call it firewoood, it is some kind of dried plant. It burns hot and quickly. In most villages … Continue reading
