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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Marrakech: The city that distrusts photographers

Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #1
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #1
The subjects could choose to keep the images or a 20-diram note (£2)
Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech:  Marrakech photography
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #2 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #3
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #3 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #4
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #4 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #5
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #5 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #6
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #6 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #7
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #7 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #8
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #8 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Marrakech photography
Portrait of a worker in Marrkech's Spices Square #9 Photograph: Susan Meiselas/Magnum
Marrakech: Marrakech photography
‘I tend to set up, then watch and wait from a distance, so I become invisible after a while’ - Mark Power Photograph: Mark Power/Magnum
Marrakech: Marrakech photography
Heart graffiti
Photograph: Abbas/Magnum
Marrakech: Marrakech photography
‘None of us had worked like this before, in such a short time frame with such a broad brief. For me, the creative strategies I usually use just did not work' - Jim Goldberg Photograph: Jim Goldberg/Magnum
Marrakech: Marrakech photography
Daily prayers
Photograph: Jim Goldberg/Magnum
Marrakech: Marrakech photography
Workers having a break for lunch among olive groves on the outskirts of the city
Photograph: Mark Power/Magnum
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