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| Joseph Bouhsira was one of a number of Jewish Moroccan pioneers of photography in Morocco, acting as cultural intermediaries between Europeans and Muslim Moroccans.<ref name=":1" /> He began his activities in photography in the early 1910s.<ref name=":0" /> He acquired the development techniques and chemistry processes from a French pharmacist in Fes.<ref name=":1" /> Bouhsira became the first Moroccan to own a photography studio |
Joseph Bouhsira was one of a number of Jewish Moroccan pioneers of photography in Morocco, acting as cultural intermediaries between Europeans and Muslim Moroccans.<ref name=":1" /> He began his activities in photography in the early 1910s.<ref name=":0" /> He acquired the development techniques and chemistry processes from a French pharmacist in Fes.<ref name=":1" /> Bouhsira became the first Moroccan to own a photography studio when he opened his first studio in the ] in 1918, after years of work in photography.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> | ||
| He photographed France's ] in the south of Morocco in 1911.<ref name=":0" /> At this time, he established a second studio in ].<ref name=":0" /> He found success and estblished agencies in ] and ] (now ]).<ref name=":0" /> | He photographed France's ] in the south of Morocco in 1911.<ref name=":0" /> At this time, he established a second studio in ].<ref name=":0" /> He found success and estblished agencies in ] and ] (now ]).<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Joseph Bouhsira (1890–1943) was one of the early Moroccan photographers.
Biography
Joseph Bouhsira was one of a number of Jewish Moroccan pioneers of photography in Morocco, acting as cultural intermediaries between Europeans and Muslim Moroccans. He began his activities in photography in the early 1910s. He acquired the development techniques and chemistry processes from a French pharmacist in Fes. Bouhsira became the first Moroccan to own a photography studio when he opened his first studio in the Mellah of Fes in 1918, after years of work in photography.
He photographed France's military campaigns in the south of Morocco in 1911. At this time, he established a second studio in Boudenib. He found success and estblished agencies in Wazzan and Qsar as-Souq (now Errachidia).
He trained many members of his family, including his brothers, his son (a professor of photography in Canada as of 2017), and his two cousins who opened a studio in Jerusalem.
According to Patricia Goldsworthy, while many European photographers depended on props and models for the “scene and type” photography genre, Moroccan Jewish photographers, including Bouhsira, tended to focus mostly on architecture, events, and activities of the Moroccan Jewish community.
He died prematurely in 1943, leaving several albums on the Jewish community of Fes.
References
- ^ maisondelaphotographie (2021-01-07). "Bouhsira Joseph". Maison De La Photographie de Marrakech (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- ^ Goldsworthy, Patricia Marie. “Colonial Negatives: The Prohibition and Commodification of Photography in Sharifian and French Morocco.” Ph.D., University of California, Irvine. Accessed October 15, 2024. https://www.proquest.com/docview/304853484/abstract/F79AF2DE4622473EPQ/1.