Searching for Heritage started in 2015 as a visual research project on Moroccan youth, a demographic currently torn between the desire to blindly follow European trends and the pull of rediscovering and acknowledging the traditions passed down by the older generations. This discrepancy is also reflected in the environment and landscape around them, where a crude juxtaposition of big cities and dishevelled rural areas creates a contrasting tapestry.
Through this project, I set out to investigate my own roots through the faces and future prospects of younger Moroccans, portraying those that have a desire to emigrate to Europe in hope of better living conditions and those that instead prefer to stay and connect on a deeper level with their past, religion and family as elements of a collective identity.
