Morocco: Al Magrib
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Morocco: Al Magrib

Light that comes from everywhere and casts shadow accordingly

Fifty-one images from the medinas, deserts, and mountain roads of Morocco. The tanneries, the souks, the Sahara at golden hour, the Atlas in cloud. A country that has been photographed so many times that the only honest approach is to photograph what you actually saw.

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Morocco
The medina of Fès seen from the hilltop at dawn, minarets emerging from haze 1 / 50
A tannery worker in Chouara, the vats of dye spread below him 2 / 50
A narrow souk corridor in Marrakech, light entering at a diagonal from above 3 / 50
Djemaa el-Fna at dusk: the storytellers beginning, the crowd forming 4 / 50
Hand-woven rugs hanging in a Berber village doorway, colours faded by sun 5 / 50
The Sahara from a dune crest at golden hour, the shadows long and exact 6 / 50
A camel caravan in single file, seen from above, the tracks behind them 7 / 50
Argan oil press in an Atlas mountain cooperative, the stone wheel in motion 8 / 50
A woman in a blue djellaba crossing a square in Chefchaouen 9 / 50
The blue city: Chefchaouen stairway with painted walls in every shade of blue 10 / 50
Market spice stall: cones of cumin, paprika, turmeric, and saffron 11 / 50
A Hassan II Mosque exterior detail: the carved plasterwork in afternoon shadow 12 / 50
Interior of a Marrakech riad: the courtyard and the silence inside the walls 13 / 50
Children at play in a Fès alley, the walls on both sides a foot away 14 / 50
A cedar forest in the Middle Atlas, the trunks straight and old 15 / 50
Couscous being rolled in a large wooden bowl, the granules catching the light 16 / 50
A Berber tea ceremony: the pour from height, the glass receiving the arc 17 / 50
The dried riverbed of a wadi, the sand pale and the stones darker beside it 18 / 50
A medina gate at night, the arch carved, a solitary figure passing beneath 19 / 50
Tagine cooking on a charcoal brazier, steam escaping from the conical lid 20 / 50
The pottery quarter of Fès: rows of drying vessels, a worker passing between them 21 / 50
A Gnawa musician in Djemaa el-Fna, the guembri held low, the crowd close 22 / 50
Detail of a zellige tile panel, the geometry interlocking perfectly 23 / 50
A shepherd crossing a mountain road, the flock moving around a vehicle 24 / 50
Sunrise over the Erg Chebbi dunes: the gradient from dark to orange 25 / 50
Dried dates at a market stall, the varieties laid out separately 26 / 50
A hammam entrance in a Marrakech side street, the door painted turquoise 27 / 50
A calligrapher working in a Fès medina shop, the strokes deliberate 28 / 50
A woman in the tannery district balancing a basket of skins on her head 29 / 50
The Koutoubia minaret at sunset: the silhouette against an orange sky 30 / 50
Donkeys loaded with goods navigating a medina gate, the gap barely sufficient 31 / 50
A carpet weaver at a loom in the Atlas foothills, the pattern half-finished 32 / 50
Fresh mint in a market: bunches stacked high, the green intense in the heat 33 / 50
A Saharan night: star field above the dunes, no light source visible on the ground 34 / 50
An elder at prayer in an open courtyard, alone and without haste 35 / 50
The Medersa Bou Inania in Fès: the carved stucco above a pool of still water 36 / 50
A leather worker in the Fès tannery, hands stained deep by the trade 37 / 50
Young boys in a medina alley, one of them looking directly at the lens 38 / 50
A souk silversmith, the work spread across a low bench 39 / 50
The Sahara at midday: the heat haze visible, the horizon absent 40 / 50
A traditional hammam interior: the steam diffuse, the marble cool 41 / 50
A baker carrying flatbread through the medina, the tray balanced on his head 42 / 50
Argan nuts drying in the sun on a rooftop, a woman turning them 43 / 50
A Berber wedding tent in a mountain village, the fabric embroidered red and gold 44 / 50
The road to Merzouga: the landscape flattening as the dunes approach 45 / 50
A street food vendor pouring harira soup, the bowl steaming 46 / 50
An ornate Moroccan lantern casting its pattern across a whitewashed wall 47 / 50
Children watching a snake charmer in Djemaa el-Fna, cautious and fascinated 48 / 50
The Atlantic coast near Essaouira: the surf breaking against the rampart walls 49 / 50
Final image: a lone figure on a Sahara dune at dawn, the direction ahead uncertain 50 / 50
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