Griffin Travel | Morocco with Ron Rosenstock

The Griffin Museum is thrilled to partner with photographer Ron Rosenstock and Strabo Tours on a new photo tour of Morocco. Ron and Strabo have been working for decades taking photographers all over the world, and Ron is working with the Griffin Museum for a special tour and his last time heading to this magical country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

You will be traveling with Ron Rosenstock on his last photo tour of Morocco. This is the same photo tour itinerary that Ron began with over 20 years a go. It will take you full circle starting and ending in Casablanca. You’ll then travel south along the Atlantic Coast to Essaouira, Marrakech, two evenings in the Sahara, and north to Fes.

Photograph in the King Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca. In Marrakech you will visit the famous Djemaa el-Fna Square, perhaps the greatest open-air spectacle in the world. Traveling back in time, you will see snake charmers, musicians, magicians, acrobats, and dancers.

Continue on the road of a thousand kasbah’s to the Sahara, where you will have two evenings to capture the pink and purple hued sunsets over the dunes. Fes is an ancient city, with its spectacular medina – where time seems to have stood still and photographs beckon around every corner. You will see veiled women and laughing children, donkeys pulling carts, and vendors carrying huge mounds of bread on trays above their heads.

Combining the history and natural beauty of this rich and fascinating country with first-person encounters, we will visit native villages, ancient medinas, and craftsmen’s workshops, sharing experiences and sipping mint tea: symbolic of the warm, sincere Moroccan generosity.

Hotels are comfortable, as is the private, air-conditioned coach for land transportation. An expert local
Moroccan guide will add his unique touch to this extraordinary trip, sharing his insights into and his love of this exotic land.

Join accomplished photographer and guide Ron Rosenstock through this special tour of Morocco. Ron started leading photo tours in 1967. In those years he has led hundreds of tours to many destinations worldwide. Ron has retired from Clark University after teaching photography there for thirty years. He has published five books of his exquisite black and white photographs: The Light of Ireland, Hymn to the Earth, Chiostro (Cloister), Inspirations, Photographs of Iceland, and his color book Journeys. Ron’s work has been featured in over one hundred exhibitions, both in the U.S. and abroad, and his photographs are to be found in the permanent collections of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA. Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA, and the International Center of Photography in New York City.

Ron is happy to share his vision and insights to all who travel with him. Although he now only photographs with a digital camera, his philosophy of teaching hasn’t changed since the early large format film days. He firmly believes that the photograph comes from within, not from without. Meaning you can’t buy creativity, however, you have to learn to recognize that creative spirit within. Ron teaches exercises that will help that creative spirit come to the surface. These may consist of: 1) Entry ways to seeing, 2) photographing in the NOW, 3) practical aspects of printing, exhibiting and getting your work out there. During the photo tour he will teach and use a digital projector several evenings.
Most people who travel with Ron have a basic understanding of how the camera works, and others who
know everything about the camera. He doesn’t focus on technical knowledge, rather places the emphasis on a more Zen approach. Ron believes it isn’t necessary to know all the latest digital technique, but it is necessary to know yourself.

For more information and to place yourself on the waiting list for this extraordinary adventure, please head over to Strabo Tours website. or to register contact Strabo Photo Tour Collection: 607-423-2525