Journey to the heart of the Gnawa and Aïssawa brotherhoods, 1995
In the spring and summer of 1995 the writer and filmmaker Pierre Guicheney, the ethnologist Viviana Pâques and photographer Jean-Luc Manaud produced for the French edition of Geo Magazine a report on Gnawa and Aïssawa rituals and pilgrimages in Marrakech, Meknes, Moulay Brahim and Tamesloht. Jean-Luc Manaud brought back exceptional images from that immersion into the heart of the two fraternities. This exhibition, presented for the first time, is a tribute to Jean-Luc Manaud who passed away February 28, 2015.
The documentary by Pierre Guicheney Le bal des génies (1998) will be screened during the exhibition.
EXHIBITION
Gnawa, Seven colors by Jean-Luc Manaud
Photographs by Jean-Luc Manaud
Concept, text and film by Pierre Guicheney
An initiative of la Maison de la Photographie de Marrakech and l’Institut Français d’Essaouira.
In partnership with Gamma Rapho Keystone agency.
From Thursday, May 12 to Saturday, July 23, 2016
Institut Français d’Essaouira
Derb Laâlouj – 9 Rue Mohammed Diouri
44 000 Essaouira Médina
Maroc
http://if-maroc.org/essaouira/
