Honorable Mention TIFA 2021 Editorial / Photo Essay

Casablanca Beach

  • Photographer
    Arkadiusz Kubisiak
  • Technical Info
    Digital Images,
  • Photo Date
    2016 - 2019,

Casablanca, Morocco, 2016 - 2019, Casablanca gained its reputation thanks to the ‘1942 movie. Today, it is the largest city in Morocco. It lives on the Atlantic Ocean coast. The beach stretching for many kilometers. You won’t find any tourists there, mostly Moroccans. After sundown, the local people traditionally spend time together. Tradition guides the way people dress, rules the rituals and prayers while many shrines lie on the coast. The place is sociologically and ethnically valuable. Casablanca beaches are varied and diverse, combine tradition with Western influences.

Independent documentary and portrait photographer. He studied photography at the European Academy of Photography in Warsaw. He participated in numerous workshops, like Transmission pour l’Image in Perpignan, France. His work won several awards, for instance, PX3, Prix De La Photographie, Tokyo International Foto Award, Grand Press Photo, National Geographic Poland Photography Competition, SIPA Competition, , BZ WBK Press Foto, International Photography Award, and was shown, among others at The Art of Photography Show in The USA, NEY Gallery in Warsaw, Masovian Center of Contemporary Art,