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Erg Chebbi (Single)
DESCRIPTION
Erg Chebbi is one of Morocco's several ergs — large seas of dunes formed by wind-blown sand. Close to the Algerian border, it is probably Morocco's most well known Sahara Desert destination and visited erg. In some places, the dunes can rise up to 150 meters from the surrounding hamada (rocky desert). Erg Chebbi spans in an area of 28 kilometers from north to south and up to 5-7 kilometers from east to west.
AUTHOR
He started as a self-taught photographer in 2003 and since then has focused seriously on developing his photography skills. He seeks to improve his technique and is always challenging himself to raise the quality of his pictures in every new opportunity to click.
His inspiration is based on the great masters of landscape photography, in particular Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter and Edward Weston. Among contemporary photographers, Galen Rowell, Michael Frye, Marc Adamus, as well as Brazilians Sebastiao Salgado and Araquem Alcantara. All of them are inspiration and study tools in his search of images that fascinate with beauty. Above all, pictures that can convey the magic, the charm and the mystery of images captured around the world.
He is an international awarded photographer with more than 25 awards over the years. He also made several single and group exhibits, as well as had his work published in international photo magazines like Dodho.
Since 2017 he is working in a personal photo project: “Traditional Peoples of Cerrado”. It aims to record in images and video testimonials, the people and daily life of the various traditional communities that inhabit the beautiful biome of Cerrado.
His inspiration is based on the great masters of landscape photography, in particular Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter and Edward Weston. Among contemporary photographers, Galen Rowell, Michael Frye, Marc Adamus, as well as Brazilians Sebastiao Salgado and Araquem Alcantara. All of them are inspiration and study tools in his search of images that fascinate with beauty. Above all, pictures that can convey the magic, the charm and the mystery of images captured around the world.
He is an international awarded photographer with more than 25 awards over the years. He also made several single and group exhibits, as well as had his work published in international photo magazines like Dodho.
Since 2017 he is working in a personal photo project: “Traditional Peoples of Cerrado”. It aims to record in images and video testimonials, the people and daily life of the various traditional communities that inhabit the beautiful biome of Cerrado.
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