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Article: My Morocco.(Book Review)
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- Geographical
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- February 1, 2004
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by Bruno Barbey Thames & Hudson, hb, pp192, 42 [pounds sterling]
My Morocco stands as testament to the love affair photographer Bruno Barbey has had with this mystical North African country since living there as a child. The photographs display a deep affection and reverence for every aspect of Morocco's culture and the preservation of the nation's "sense of human solidarity and harmony with nature." He shows us glimpses of towns, the edges of the Sahara and the peaks of the Atlas mountains and introduces us to its people: Berber women in mirror-work headdresses, men in Andalusian steam baths and children playing in the Marrakech souk.
As a photographer ...