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FirstLook: Casablanca Not the Movie

FirstLookJuly/August 2019PDF
- Photograph by “Yoriyas” Yassine Alaoui Ismaili
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- Creatives

I love walking the beach in Casablanca. Earlier this year I saw a dog digging a hole into the sand. The scene grabbed my attention, and I began to take a couple of pictures. When a boy rode up on a horse behind me to watch what was happening, I quickly took three steps back, placing the horse in the left of the frame, and made this photograph. To me this photo represents Casablanca—chaotic yet organized at the same time. It is part of my series “Casablanca Not the Movie,” which I began in 2014 as a love letter to the city that has inspired me the most. The group of images show a truthful representation of Casablanca that you won’t get from Hollywood: one of diverse cultures, people, traditions and urban development.

—”Yoriyas” Yassine Alaoui Ismaili
www.yoriyas.com
@yoriyas

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