The Magic of Morocco
- Book Review,
by Tahar Ben Jalloun, et al
From the Publisher
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.
About the Author
A Moroccan writing in French, Tahar Ben Jelloun has published several essays, collections of poems, stories and plays. He won the Goncourt prize in 1987 for Sacred Night. Alain D'Hooghe founded the photography magazine Cliches in 1986. He writes for the Belgian daily Le Matin and has organized numerous exhibitions on photogrpahy. He teaches the history of photography at the universities fo Brussels and Lille.
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