Paru le 10/09/2018 | Broché
Tout public
with texts by Pierre Bergé, Serge Lutens, Guillaume de Sardes, Björn Dahlström
The moroccans
Leila Alaoui realised her series The Moroccans between 2010 and 2014. Her intent was not to photograph Moroccan daily life, but rather portraits, in the strictest and most classical use of the term. Using a mobile studio set up throughout Morocco, her work can be compared to that of Richard Avedon. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition, The Moroccans, at the musée Yves Saint Laurent marrakech (30 September 2018 - 5 February 2019). Revealing the traditional Moroccan attire of different ethnic groups, Arabs as well as Berbers, The Moroccans is not only a work of art, but also an archive and a historical testimony, recording traditions that are disappearing in an age of increasing globalisation.
The exhibition and catalogue were made possible with the generous support of Les Amis de la Fondation Jardin Majorelle.
Leila Alaoui (1982-2016), a Franco-Moroccan photographer and videoartist, died of her wounds sustained in a terrorist attack in Ouagadougou, in 2016, while she was preparing a photo-essay for Amnesty International. Her work, at once humanist and committed to social justice, has been published and exhibited worldwide.
