Mounir Raji

With his project Dreamland, Mounir Raji (1982) pays tribute to the Morocco of his dreams. He portrays the country where his family is from and where he himself, born and raised in the Zaan region in the Netherlands, spent summers from his earliest childhood. Mounir Raji captures his second home in the colours of the late summer sun. He shows his memories of warm reunion with family, being able to play outside infinitely and feelings of freedom, trust and hope. His photographs evoke a longing for the land that doesn’t actually exist. “It is my own romanticised view,” Raji says.