While on the road to Marrakech, I stopped at an isolated nomadic camp, where I photographed the matriarch of the family that lived in the camel's-wool tent in the background.
While on the road to Marrakech, I stopped at an isolated nomadic camp, where I photographed this happy mother and her very hungry infant who couldn't be bothered with the strange man with the camera.
While on the road to Marrakech, I stopped at an isolated nomadic camp, where I photographed this mother and her very uncooperative son ("No smile for you today").
A pair of water sellers dressed in traditional garb wander amongst the crowd in Djemaa al Fna square. All of the square's "entertainers" (from snake charmers to traditional no-anesthic dentists) charge to pose for tourists' photographs.
The Koutubiyya Mosque (Marrakech) backlit by the setting sun.
The Koutubiyya Mosque ("Jami' al-Kutubiyah" in Arabic) is the largest in Marrakech. It is ornamented with curved windows, a band of ceramic inlay, pointed merlons, and decorative arches. It has a large plaza with gardens, and is floodlit at night. The minaret is 77 meters (253 ft) high and is located just west of the Jemaa El Fna souq (open air-market), where I spent most of my time in the evenings I was in Marrakech. The mosque was completed under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al Mansur (1184 to 1199 AD).
Djemaa al Fna (Marrakech) minstrels: Colorfully-dressed street musicians play hand cymbals and drums as they sing and stroll through the market-day crowd.
While on the road to Marrakech, I stopped at an isolated nomadic camp, where I photographed this mother and her very uncooperative son ("No smile for you today").
While on the road to Marrakech, I stopped at an isolated nomadic camp, where I photographed this mother and her very uncooperative son ("No smile for you today").
While on the road to Marrakech, I stopped at an isolated nomadic camp, where I photographed this mother and her very uncooperative son ("No smile for you today").
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