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Behind the Scenes - Morocco
 
The final miles to Moussem of Imilchil require driving through a river bed
Photographer Tessa Gordon learnshow Berber women protect their faces from the dust

Thirty thousand Berer shepherds pitch tents on the Agoudal plateau each summer. This was the door to Paola's goat wool tent
Thirty thousand Berer shepherds pitch tents on the Agoudal plateau each summer. This was the door to Paola's goat wool tent.

The final miles to Moussem of Imilchil require driving through a river bed.
Photographer Tessa Gordon learns
how Berber women protect their
faces from the dust.
   
Interpreter/guide Sarhan Hajij carries the glittery handira that Paola bought for the museum exhibit
 Tessa & Harris Gordon, friends fromCape Town, kept Paola company during the festival
Interpreter/guide Sarhan Hajij carries the glittery handira that Paola bought for the museum exhibit. Tessa & Harris Gordon, friends from
Cape Town, kept Paola company
during the festival. 		Paola asleep in tent
   
Paola wearing a miner's lamp
Always wear a Petzl light when you shoot at night in the
Atlas Mountains! (Photo by Tessa Frootko Gordon.)		 Paola asleep in tent under Berber rugs at Imilchil wedding festival. (Photo by Tessa Frootko Gordon.)
 
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