House of Photography in Marrakech
Private archive of Moroccan photography from the 1870s to 1960s, housed in a converted caravan inn.
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This guide to the House of Photography in Marrakesh tells how French political scientist Patrick Manac'h began noticing century-old Moroccan photographs quietly leaving the country in flea markets abroad, and how he and Moroccan partner Hamid Mergani spent years buying back nearly ten thousand images and documents spanning 1879 to 1960. You'll hear about the building itself, a former fondouk where merchants once stabled animals overnight, and about a rare 1957 color film reel by Daniel Chicault upstairs. Climb to the rooftop terrace for the same view these photographers spent their lives chasing.
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