1890-1943
Joseph Bouhsira, of Jewish faith, is one of the first important Moroccan figures in the history of photography in Morocco. He started his activities at the beginning of the years 1910, acquired the techniques from pharmacists in the city and opened his first studio in Fez in the Mellah, the jewish quarter. He covered military pacification campaigns in southern Morocco in 1911. Following this trip, he set up a second studio in this region, à Boudnib. His business was booming, which allowed him to set up several agencies (in Ouezzane and Ksar es Souk). He trained several members of his family, his brothers, her son today(2017) photography teacher in Canada and finally his two cousins ​​who opened a studio in Jerusalem. He died prematurely in 1943, leaving several albums on the Jewish community of Fez. Two-thirds of his work was lost when one of his studios was sold.
House of Photography: Bouhsira fund.