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Morocco in the frame
• 17 May 2007 •
 THE largest Islamic festival in southern Portugal commences on May 17 and continues throughout the weekend. It is a biennial event that celebrates the historic past of Mértola, a walled city in the Lower Alentejo on the River Guadiana.
Throughout the festival, an exhibition – ‘Morocco, Personal Perspectives’ – by English photographer Peter Kain, offers a glimpse into the colour and culture of a present day Islamic kingdom.
Kain, who resides in Loulé in the Algarve, has a long professional pedigree working as Studio Manager for international lensman, Patrick Lichfield. He has also lived in Kenya and been employed by anthropologist Richard Leakey in the photographic department of the National Museum in Nairobi.
Over the last two years he has made two epic road trips from Portugal to Morocco – the most ambitious involved crossing the Atlas Mountains into the Sahara - swapping his four-wheel drive for a camel and camping out with the Berbers.
Photographs from this phase – with dunes towering to heights of 150 metres – are exceptionally dramatic. Equally impressive are his portrayals of Moroccan ports including Asilah and El Jadida.
Once belonging to the Portuguese, who remained there for more than 200 years, they left a unique style of architecture. Kain has captured many of these elegant features in his images, notably the ‘Citerne Portugaise,’ where Orson Welles chose to film parts of Othello.
Many of Kain’s vibrant people pictures bring alive scenes of bustling city markets and the Kasbahs in the Dades Gorge.
The exhibition – along with many other entertainments laid on during the festival – are well worth seeing.
A shuttle bus from the town centre transports visitors to the Franciscan Convent where Kain’s personal perspectives of Morocco can be seen.
Location: Mértola is approximately one hour from the Algarve atCastro Marim, travelling north on the new IC2. |  Return to Top
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