The old fanatical and sombre town is bathed in the gold of all this sunlight; spread out at my feet, on a succession of hills and dales, it has taken on an aspect of unalterable and radiant peace; it looks almost smiling, almost pretty; I scarcely recognise it, so much has it changed; a kind of ruddy radiance sleeps on …
Street Photography from the Hip in Morocco
Some time ago spent a few days in the beautiful country of Morocco, mostly practicing street photography in the medinas (old cities) of Fès, Meknès, Rabat, and Chefchaouen. Compared to Europe or the US, I found that Moroccans are much less enthusiastic about being photographed and I got lots of refusals when I asked for permission and angry looks when I …
Conversation in the Square
I captured this relaxed moment in the Uta el-Hammam square of Chefchaouen, Morocco. One of the three gentlemen on the left must have said something funny, as they were smiling with an air of complicity. I used a longish focal length of 85mm to shoot this image from a certain distance, as I did not want to ruin the candid moment. …
Urban Morocco, the Book
At about this time last year, me and my pal Massimiliano traveled to the charming country of Morocco for a vacation that involved quite a lot of photography. We spent a week roaming the streets of Rabat, Fes, Meknès, and Chefchaouen and came home with thousands of pictures to edit and process. From the beginning I had the idea of …
Morocco’s Blue Pearl – Discovering the beauty of Chefchaouen
Gently laid down on the slopes of the Rif mountains in northern Morocco, beneath the peaks that gave it its name (derived from the Berber word for “goat’s horns”), Chefchaouen is a delight of narrow paved streets between houses whitewashed and painted in tones of powder blue, intriguing crafts shops, small restaurants, boutique hotels and hostels catering to the backpacking …