Casablanca, Morocco. That's where it all started for me. And although, I've traveled extensively and had the chance to be educated in Europe before settling in the States, my roots will always bring me back home...to where the heart is, to where my roots are. It is this sense of color and texture, this sensual vibrancy, the natural hospitality, the entrancing rythmn of the Gnawa people, the intoxicating perfumes of the spice market that have infused themselves in my photography. All of those experiences have shaped who I am as a person and as an artist. All of those experiences enable me to see and feel and give even more through the images that I'm blessed to create today. Family is at the core of everything. However you define Family. Children are a gift of love. There's nothing truer, more real than a child...who's allowed to be a child. Nothing stronger than the bond of family. And so, as our lives go about their irreversible way, it is our responsibility to record in one medium or another, the joy and the memory of the decisive moments that have shaped our destiny. How wonderful it is to be able, in the midst of the daily routine of our lives, to stop...take a look at that photograph and be immediately transported back to that time...where your soul danced. |
