Harrison Forman (1904-1978) was a prominent photojournalist, explorer, author, and fellow of the American Geographical Society. As a foreign correspondent, Forman’s images and articles appeared in the New York Times, Times of London, Life, Look, Collier’s, Harpers, and Reader’s Digest.
Forman traveled the world with the eye of an anthropologist. He was fascinated by the lives, culture, economies, governments and infrastructure of each place he visited. Known in his heyday as the “Modern Day Marco Polo,” Forman was often the first Westerner to have access to the people and places he visited and seemed to always be in the right place at the right time, witnessing significant moments in history and documenting them with his photography.
Take a look at life in Morocco in the 1960s through these 35 beautiful and fascinating pictures taken by Forman:
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| Directional sign in intersection pointing to Casablanca and Marrakech |
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| Bird's-eye view of Jamaa el-Fna square, Marrakech marketplace |
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| Men and boys in Jewish Quarter of Marrakech |
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| Spectators at event |
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| Women in niqabs and abayas walking in street |
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| Men playing checkers on sidewalk in front of shop |
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| People walking through Jewish Quarter in Marrakech |
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| Tents at Berber nomad camp |
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| Pedestrians walking past stores in Rabat |
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| Boys walking bicycles through souk |
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| Merchants in Fez |
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| Arched walkway through souk in Rabat |
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| Woman with pack-donkey at Berber camp |
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| Seated men drinking tea at souk in Marrakech |
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| Camel caravan traveling through town |
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| Horse-drawn carriage parked next to automobiles in Fez |
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| Man finger-painting vases in Rabat pottery shop |
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| Children filling buckets from a faucet |
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| People walking through passageway in Marrakech |
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| Rabat surrounded by city walls |
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| Street scene in front of Rabat Post Office, Rabat |
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| Portrait of Berber woman in headscarf and Moroccan coin jewelry |
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| Berber people walking through town |
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| Children playing in street in Marrakech |
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| Merchants selling goods at Tangier market |
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| Berber musicians playing instruments in Atlas Mountains |
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| Man bicycling on street in Rabat business district |
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| Shepherd leading sheep through village in Atlas Mountains |
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| People bicycling past modern buildings in Rabat |
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| People walking through souk on cobblestone street in Rabat |
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| Man riding mule through Blue Gate in Fez |
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| Berber women and child inside tent at camp |
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| Muslim women in Casablanca |
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| Man filling animal skin with water front fountain in Marrakech |
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| People walking through narrow street in souk |
(via
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries)
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