Marrakech Medina Spice Souk

The spice souk of Marrakech's medina, narrow lanes with pyramids of colored spices — saffron, paprika, turmeric, cumin — displayed at each vendor's stall, the walls of ancient rammed earth, shafts of afternoon light cutting through gaps in the overhead cover, a merchant in a djellaba, the smell of a dozen spices implied in the visual density, documentary street photography --ar 3:4