Fez — Villa Harris – Musée de Tanger will host the opening of “Regards des photographes marocains du monde” (Views from Moroccan Photographers Around the World) on June 18, at 5:45 p.m.
The exhibition, organized under the National Foundation of Museums, will run until August 31, placing Moroccan photographers from across the world at the center of Tangier’s summer cultural calendar.
The exhibition forms part of “Photo Tanger – International Image Festival,” which is turning the city into a wide photography platform from June 16 to August 31.
The festival’s inaugural edition brings exhibitions, public installations, film screenings, conferences, and citywide programs to cultural venues and public spaces across Tangier.
A diaspora lens in a Tangier landmark
“Regards des photographes marocains du monde” carries a clear idea: Moroccan identity can be seen from many places at once. The exhibition brings together photographers whose work is shaped by distance, movement, memory, and belonging.
Its wider title, “Exister entre les certitudes du monde” (Existing Between the Certainties of the World), gives the project a more reflective frame. It suggests images made from in-between positions, where Morocco remains present even when the photographer works elsewhere.
The program also places local and diaspora talent in direct resonance. The exhibition is expected to open with the presence of Driss El Yazami, president of the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, strengthening its focus on Moroccan creativity beyond national borders.
Villa Harris gives the exhibition a fitting home. Built at the end of the 19th century by British journalist Walter Burton Harris, correspondent for “The Times,” the villa faces Tangier’s coastline and now operates as a museum under the National Foundation of Museums.
The site adds another layer to the exhibition. Tangier has long been a city of crossings, images, departures, and returns. A show about Moroccan photographers abroad naturally belongs in a place where sea, memory, and international presence have shaped the city’s identity for generations.
Photo Tanger’s broader program also reflects that ambition. The festival includes major exhibitions across the city, with Spain as guest country and projects dedicated to young Moroccan photographers, Tangier’s visual archives, public-space photography, and contemporary image-making.
