Sahara desert, Mauritania #1

Mohamed Ould Soule in the Majabaat Al Koubra (Sahara desert heartland). This desert with 900 km without water points, is one of the most terrible in the planet.

Limited edition of 50 prints (for size 33x48,3cm), numbered and signed.

Nomad, Mauritania #2

In the Tagant region, a caravan slowly crossed the sands. This nomad boy had a particular fondness by his camel.

Limited edition of 50 prints (for size 33x48,3cm), numbered and signed.

Majabaat Al Koubra, Mauritania #3

With temperatures rising up to 40 - 55ºC, this desert is a terrible one, in particular when blows the Harmatan, the hot wind, when temperatures rise up to 60ºC. The empty sea of dunes make us feel our true dimension.

 

Chinguetti, Mauritania #4

The old city of Chinguetti was declared World Heritage, thanks to a lot of important medieval libraries that have kept the arab knowledge of several generations, since the XI century. Mohamed Ould Soule, wearing his traditional boubou, stands in front of the door of one of those libraries.

Timbuktu, Mali #19

Shepherds in Timbuktu, mytical city for the Europeans, for centuries.

Touareg, Mali #7

Touareg from Timbuktu. The Touareg people, without a country, lives in several regions and countries of the Sahara desert. Proudly free, they are respected for their attitude and warrior behaviour. They were the only people of the Sahara with an alphabetic writing.

Sahara desert, Mali #20

Limited edition of 50 prints (for size 33x48,3cm), numbered and signed.

Ségou, Mali #1

Sacred tree. Ségou

Limited edition of 50 prints (for size 33x48,3cm), numbered and signed.

Peul girl, Mali #6

A shepherdess girl. Peul women in Mali are considered amongst the most beautiful in Africa.

Peul girl, Mali #17
Dogon country, Mali #28
Baobab, Mali #21
Dunes, Chinguetti, Mauritania #15
Acacias, Mauritania #5
Peul shepherd, Mali #29
Hombori, Mali #5
Dogon country, Mali #4
Dogon country, Mali #13
Dogon country, Mali #15

Magic symbol of Songho, Mali

Djenné, Mali #8

A medersa schoolboys.

Djenné, Mali #24

The daughter of Amadou Cissé, one of the great guides of Djenné, Mali.

Djenné, Mali #25

The  World Heritage Djenné mosque is the biggest mud building in the world. For centuries, people from throughout the region gather in town for the festive market day on Monday.

Dogon country, Mali #14
Chinguetti, Mauritania #12
Sahara desert, Mauritania #14
Tergit, Mauritania #8

The tea ceremony in the saharian plateau of Tergit.

Mauritania #10

The rocky and windy plateau, where Théodore Monod has made a great part of his discoveries related to the first settlements of the Sahara.

Ouadane, Mauritania #13

Mohamed Ould Soule and Zaïda take shelter from the hot sun of the desert, in a traditional house of Ouadane.

Chinguetti, Mauritania #20

The tea ceremony is a serious thing to Bilehr, Salem and Mohamed Ould Soule.

Peul shepherd, Mali #18

The miracle of water in the middle of the Sahara desert.

Acacia thorns, Mali #27
Nouakchott, Mauritania #16

Solitude, emptiness and a sand storm.

Niger river, Mali #2

Here, on the banks of the Niger, have played and created good music the great musicians Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté.

Niger river, Mali #3
Ségou, Mali #10

Life on the banks of the Niger river.

Djenné, Mali #11
Fetishes, Tunisia #1
Djenné, Mali #30
Dogon country, Mali #16

Baobab on the cliffs of Bandiagara. These cliffs, 250 km long, and with altitudes between 100 and 300 m, is by excellence the Dogon country.

Saint Louis du Senegal #1
Saint Louis du Senegal #2
Locusts plague, Mauritania #6

Billions of locusts invade the beaches of Nouakchott.

Locusts plague, Mauritania #7

The sky is dark with the locusts.

Nador, Marocco #1
Nador, Marocco #2

Mediterranean banks.

Djenné, Mali #31

Crossing the Bani river, on market's day in Djenné.

Djenné, Mali #32

 

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Sahara desert, Mauritania #1
Sahara desert, Mauritania #1
Nomad, Mauritania #2
Nomad, Mauritania #2
Majabaat Al Koubra, Mauritania #3
Majabaat Al Koubra, Mauritania #3
Chinguetti, Mauritania #4
Chinguetti, Mauritania #4
Timbuktu, Mali #19
Timbuktu, Mali #19
Touareg, Mali #7
Touareg, Mali #7
Sahara desert, Mali #20
Sahara desert, Mali #20
Ségou, Mali #1
Ségou, Mali #1
Peul girl, Mali #6
Peul girl, Mali #6
Peul girl, Mali #17
Peul girl, Mali #17
Dogon country, Mali #28
Dogon country, Mali #28
Baobab, Mali #21
Baobab, Mali #21
Dunes, Chinguetti, Mauritania #15
Dunes, Chinguetti, Mauritania #15
Acacias, Mauritania #5
Acacias, Mauritania #5
Peul shepherd, Mali #29
Peul shepherd, Mali #29
Hombori, Mali #5
Hombori, Mali #5
Dogon country, Mali #4
Dogon country, Mali #4
Dogon country, Mali #13
Dogon country, Mali #13
Dogon country, Mali #15
Dogon country, Mali #15
Djenné, Mali #8
Djenné, Mali #8
Djenné, Mali #24
Djenné, Mali #24
Djenné, Mali #25
Djenné, Mali #25
Dogon country, Mali #14
Dogon country, Mali #14
Chinguetti, Mauritania #12
Chinguetti, Mauritania #12
Sahara desert, Mauritania #14
Sahara desert, Mauritania #14
Tergit, Mauritania #8
Tergit, Mauritania #8
Mauritania #10
Mauritania #10
Ouadane, Mauritania #13
Ouadane, Mauritania #13
Chinguetti, Mauritania #20
Chinguetti, Mauritania #20
Peul shepherd, Mali #18
Peul shepherd, Mali #18
Acacia thorns, Mali #27
Acacia thorns, Mali #27
Nouakchott, Mauritania #16
Nouakchott, Mauritania #16
Niger river, Mali #2
Niger river, Mali #2
Niger river, Mali #3
Niger river, Mali #3
Ségou, Mali #10
Ségou, Mali #10
Djenné, Mali #11
Djenné, Mali #11
Fetishes, Tunisia #1
Fetishes, Tunisia #1
Djenné, Mali #30
Djenné, Mali #30
Dogon country, Mali #16
Dogon country, Mali #16
Saint Louis du Senegal #1
Saint Louis du Senegal #1
Saint Louis du Senegal #2
Saint Louis du Senegal #2
Locusts plague, Mauritania #6
Locusts plague, Mauritania #6
Locusts plague, Mauritania #7
Locusts plague, Mauritania #7
Nador, Marocco #1
Nador, Marocco #1
Nador, Marocco #2
Nador, Marocco #2
Djenné, Mali #31
Djenné, Mali #31
Djenné, Mali #32
Djenné, Mali #32
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