PhotoBooks Morocco

Renowned photographer Albert Watson recently spent 39 memorable days in Morocco. With the personal insight of a diarist and the detailed eye of an artist, he has captured the physical beauty and spirit of this remarkable country in transition. From thousands of photographs on an itinerary that took him all over the country, Watson has culled the most evocative. These luxurious platinum prints, some with antique sepia tones, combine with Arabic calligraphy or Moroccan manuscript pages to conjure a feeling of the place, its history, its future.

From Casablanca and other major cities to villages, farms, and remote desert areas, here are portraits, extraordinary landscapes, architecture, and animals. Watson has captured the souls of Moroccans from all walks of life-members of the royal family and the heads of provinces, grizzled farmers, and women and children. In words as well as pictures, Watson speaks of Morocco's people and its promise, and gives his personal impressions of the country. This book carries Albert Watson beyond his brilliant fashion photography, seen in the pages of Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, to a multi-layered art that reveals the life of a country and the journey of an artist.

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From its spectacular mountain ranges to its boundless stretches of amber desert and beautiful coastline, Morocco offers an unparalleled panorama for the greedy eye. The intense peacefulness of the country's natural environment contrasts sharply with the bustle of its cities which overflow with street-life: the "red city" of Marrakech, enchanted Fez, the Atlantic ports of Rabat and Casablanca....These different sights, seemingly worlds apart from each other, are all masterfully captured by the camera and brought together in this richly illustrated volume. Living in Morocco also takes the reader beyond the imposing walls of medinas and citadelles, through twisting streets where traditional "souk" markets are held, and into the homes and hidden gardens of some of the country's most illustrious inhabitants.

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The magic of Morocco has enticed many visitors to its people and places. Eugene Delacroix and Henri Matisse created some essential works there. Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac all responded to the magnetic pull of Morroco is a kind of poison, yet it is the sweetest of poisons.

Photography has no parallel as a recorder of the split seconds of emotion and sensation, and the photographers who have brought back the striking images in this book have themselves been drawn to Morocco from many different countries and cultures. They include some of the household names in photography: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paul Strand, Paul Bowles, Albert Watson. The excellent reproduction and large format make this a very special volume.

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