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My Summer With Ali.(55 images)
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The photoreporter travel through Morocco with his 12 year old son, Vincent. When asked for his name, Vincent named himself Ali while over there because he noticed he grab attention and made friends easily. Together they wandered in the backcountry, meeting berbers, nomads, musicians, artcrafter and others, and blend in their daily life. A lesson for this young citizen of the world. A lesson in...
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  • Arriving first with long time friend Yves, Marc-André is going in the Atlas for the first week, waiting for Vincent to come from Canada join them after school is over. Waiting for their luggage lost in the transportation, they rest in Casablanca. Yves takes an afternoon nap in the little hotel in front of the train station. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Their luggage finally turn in and they can leave for Marrakech. The train is the easiest mean of transportation between Casablanca and Marrakech. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • In the centuries old city, they explore the Medina where spicy odors spreads in the air around shops of all sorts. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • A shop owner show Yves his jewelleries and knife. Yves traveling for the first time in old countries, learns the secular game of negociation. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • A fruit seller in the old medina of Marrakech. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • On their way to Djebel Toubkal, the highest summit in North Africa, they trek trough valley inhabited with mountain berbers. In spring, it is harvest time for grain and villagers put the stems to dry on roof. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Mohamed, the oldest guide in the region, has many tales to share. He has been to the summit of Djebel Toubkal more than 50 times. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Arriving in a village too late to traverse a high pass, they decide to stay the night in an old house restaured as a hostel for backpacker. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • The village is build on the terrassed slopes, keeping the irrigated fields at the bottom, for agriculture. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Yves, (50) a long time passionate mountaineer, look at the next day objective from the porch of the hostel. Although his first time in Africa, he has climbed many peaks in North America, way before climbing and treking were popular activities. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Evening prayer on the roof top of houses build on the the terraced slopes. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • The pack mule is following. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • As the sun climb up in the sky, sunlight shine trough the old cedars branches. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • As the sun climb up in the sky, sunlight shine trough the old cedars branches, illuminating the pilgrim. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • The moutaineer lets himself impregnate by the end-of-day nuances. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • We try to benefit from the morning freshness to climb higher pass. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • As altitude drain oxygen's from the body, the rythm slow down By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • We caugh up on the pack mule wich had left the cabin 30 minutes before us. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • We slowly climb rocky slopes to get to the high pass. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • On our way to another valley. The summit is not the end. The road to it is more important. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Two days later, after climbing to the summit of North Africa, we go back another valley to Imlil, a berber village. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Young men playing street football in front of the Great Hassan II Mosque, on sunday, June 19, 2005 Casablanca, Morocco. In Islam the mosque is the center of spiritual life. But it is also a central point in the social life of the community. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Woman praying away from the summer sun in the interior court of the Great Hassan II Mosque, on sunday, June 19, 2005. Casablanca, Morocco. In Islam the moque is the center of spiritual life. But it is also a central point in the social life of the community. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Women spending time together in the central court of the Great Hassan II Mosque, on sunday, June 19, 2005 Casablanca, Morocco. In Islam the moque is the center of spiritual life. But it is also a central point in the social life of the community. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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  • Woman after her ablution for the prayers at the Great Hassan II Mosque, on sunday, June 19, 2005 Casablanca, Morocco. In Islam the mosque is the center of spiritual life. But it is also a central point in the social life of the community. By photographer Marc-Andre Pauze
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