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Femmes marocaines
Fernand Bidon
1950
When this ostensibly quiet scene was photographed, Morocco was in the throes of a struggle for independence against its French occupiers. The uprising was becoming increasingly violent, with riots, massacres, and bombings, especially in the big cities.
When this ostensibly quiet scene was photographed, Morocco was in the throes of a struggle for independence against its French occupiers. The uprising was becoming increasingly violent, with riots, massacres, and bombings, especially in the big cities.
Credits
Collection Dahan-Hirsch.
Published in:The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 9.
Why should I take it to heart
I have new things on my mind,
Imagination that helps me to forget at times.
Why should I take it to heart
I have so much before that to love,
I always have friends…
Very little is known about the actor Siegfried Berisch (1877–1933). He started out performing in the cabaret and German Jewish theater scenes in Berlin and Vienna. Berisch’s first major role was in Sc…
In 1950, when this photograph was taken, much of London’s East End was in ruins, the result of heavy bombing during World War II. Its glory days as a vibrant Jewish immigrant community were over, and…
Fernand Bidon was a French photographer who worked under the pseudonym Félix. Born in Marseille, Bidon lived and worked in Marrakech between 1912 and 1963; he was one of the first resident photographers of Morocco. During France’s occupation of Morocco, a number of French artists visited the country to document, through European eyes, the culture of the region. Bidon captured hundreds of images of street life in Marrakech, including photographs of the city’s Jewish quarter and its residents. Bidon used his photographs to produce postcards, likely capitalizing on the popularity of the exoticized Middle Eastern imagery found in French orientalist painting of the period. The majority of his images are in black and white, although he is known to have experimented with a small series in color. Bidon’s work remains in the collection of the Marrakech Museum of Photography and Visual Arts.
Why should I take it to heart
I have new things on my mind,
Imagination that helps me to forget at times.
Why should I take it to heart
I have so much before that to love,
I always have friends…
Very little is known about the actor Siegfried Berisch (1877–1933). He started out performing in the cabaret and German Jewish theater scenes in Berlin and Vienna. Berisch’s first major role was in Sc…
In 1950, when this photograph was taken, much of London’s East End was in ruins, the result of heavy bombing during World War II. Its glory days as a vibrant Jewish immigrant community were over, and…