Photograph album showing Fez, Morocco
Content Description
This is a photo album containing 37 photographs of Fez, Morocco. The photographs mostly show everyday life in the streets and houses of Fez. Four photos show general views of the city. On the reverse there is the stamp of Joseph Bouhsira, one of the first Moroccan photographers who opened his studio in the Jewish quarter of Fez in the early 1910s.
Dates
- Creation: early 20th century
Creator
- Bouhsira, Joseph, 1890-1943 (photographer) (Photographer, Person)
Condition Description
Eleven pages are blank. Photos slightly stained and faded. Album leaves mostly loose.
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Joseph Bouhsira was one of the first renowned Moroccan photographers. He opened his studio in the Jewish quarter of Fez in the early 1910s. In 1911, he covered military campaigns in the South of Morocco, and opened a second studio in this region, in Boudnib. His business flourished, which allowed him to open several branches: one in Ouezzane, and one in Ksar es Souk. He died prematurely in 1943, leaving behind several albums on Fez's Jewish community. Two thirds of his work were lost when one of his studios was sold.
Extent
1 album
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in May 2020. Accession no. SC-Acc-2020-0097.
Condition Description
Eleven pages are blank. Photos slightly stained and faded. Album leaves mostly loose.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in November 2021.
Creator
- Bouhsira, Joseph, 1890-1943 (photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
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