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Artists who fell for Morocco

Gabriel Veyre

The Lumière cameraman became photographer to the sultan and stayed in Morocco for good.

  • From: France
  • Their art: photographer, filmmaker
  • In Morocco: early 1900s until his death in Casablanca, 1936
  • Made here or about here: Dans l'intimité du Sultan (1905)

Where in Morocco

  • Casablanca: lived here until his death
Sources, checked 2026-11-15
  1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Veyre

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