French-Moroccan photographer Ilyes Griyeb is known for capturing striking images of people in their everyday lives — whether it’s the fruit farmers in the rural Moroccan town of Ait Ouallal, the workers of Retba Lakeor in Senegal or France’s community of black youth, the photographer portrays unrepresented groups in an artistic way.
Based between Paris and his native city Meknès, Morocco, Ilyes Griyeb has compiled different series of images that capture a Moroccan generation torn between tradition and urbanisation. The photographs reveal strong women taking care of their families, the reality of Moroccan youth and documents everyday life, from kitchens to abandoned cars: Griyeb offers a window into a world that many have not experienced or seem.
In his latest project, Griyeb places the lens on France’s youth — with a strings of powerful portraits of black men. “This series is really close to my heart, for what it tells us of our time, the faces and bodies of today’s youth who, when they are not beaten up, killed or chased by the police, are sensitive, poetic and inspiring,” stated Griyeb on Instagram.
Griyeb is selling this particular set of prints to raise funds for La Vérité Pour Adama; an orgnasiation set up in memory of Adama Traoré, a young black French citizen who died in 2016 while in the custody of the police.
To buy one of these Ilyes Griyeb photographs and support the artist's prints for funds initiative, visit Laveritepouradama.ilyesgriyeb.ma. And to browse more of works by the French-Moroccan, visit his Instagram @ilyesg.
