The Early Works emerged as a deeply personal exploration — created in parallel with my studies and commercial photography assignments, as an autodidactic experiment in form, light, and assemblage. These pieces are all self-portraits, presenting the body as the research of a young mind, seeking to understand itself and to try new technical approaches, guided by curiosity and a slow, unfolding discovery.

From the very beginning, I felt the desire to play with titles, words, and archetypes — invoking the Minotaur, the serpent, flowers, birds — to question each image to allegories of history, creation, and myth. Faces are often concealed, allowing the body to exist as both intimate and universal… a reflection of all bodies, of flesh, of movement, of life itself. Or a mysterious inquiry into my Moroccan roots, a quest to uncover what the fabric can offer, conceal, or reveal.

For me, the camera was never a commercial tool; it is a divine instrument, capable of capturing time where the eye cannot, of immortalizing the fleeting and the ephemeral. These works mark the beginning of my perception; pure, almost virgin, like a desert breath, a ghostly apparition, or a distant memory. Looking back, I recognize in these works the roots of my heritage, quietly seeking discovery, bridging memory, body, light, and symbol in a meditative, almost sacred space.