Tagged With "Berber"

Every Friday I wonder what your Photo Pic will be, and every Friday you continue to surprise and delight me with your handiwork! Beautifully done, my friend!!

Awesome photograph!!

You certainly have a way with people, Mac. All your pictures are interesting and beautiful but the portraits are stunning. I, too, look forward to Fridays.

another winner, Mac. Are you sure you don't photograph for National Geographic??

Most flattering kind Sir - I would that I could reach that level of skill!

Today I am delighted to share my meeting with this gentle and friendly Berber nomad from his encampment above the Todra Gorge.

Met by chance on a visit to the towering Dades Gorges in the south of Morocco, this delightful and photogenic Berber mother is from a nearby nomad encampment. After a few frames, both mother and child are more at ease and their smiles are evident.

We traveled through mountains and plains towards Tinghir and the Todra valley, seeing hundreds of small villages of the Berber people (nomads). We had a great opportunity to visit a women’s carpet cooperative, where they shear sheep, goats and camels, spin the wool, dye it, and then weave them into various rugs. (Erfoud fossil) (Desert Hennah Tattoos) There are amazing cliffs and mountains, several of which house fossils (Erfoud). Our guide, Aziz’s grandfather, was a fossil hunter, so this...

Falling off the camel must have been a rather traumatic experience. I remember that the ground does not merely seem to be a fair distance away when you sit up there - it actually IS quite a drop. I hope they found you a cool beer afterwards!

I also experienced staying in the Moroccan desert. Your beautiful photos brought the experience back to me. Excellent post!

Gorgeous photography!

Lester enjoys his drive through the high Atlas mountains, his encounter with the Berber people, and some of the lovely villages and scenery he encountered.

DrFumblefinger visits a carpet shop in the Quartier Habous section of Casablanca.