on top of these riads,

which aren't quite hotels,

and they're not quite homes, but they are something

old and renaissance and in between.

You know there's this idea that you go out into the world to find yourself.

I think that you actually create yourself. I think photography is probably one of

the best self discovery tools of our age, and I think that using travel as a proxy

for this is just a very interesting, kind of unexpected way to do that.

There are hundreds, thousands of places I'd love to go all around the world

but always high on my list has been Morocco.

All the little things you see...

the smells, the sounds, the music...

You hear the Muslim call to prayer.

It's almost like you

passed through this membrane into this parallel universe.

It's all just slightly and wonderfully different.

And I feel like I'm lost in time when you walk through these little streets.

One of the harder things about walking up and down these streets is that there's so much happening.

I call this...I'll call this photo "Explosive Mule."

So this is one of the most unique things about Fez

is these amazing leather tanneries.

It's unbelievable. I've never seen anything else like this anywhere else

in the world so it just feels so foreign and real and unbelievable

I mean it smells like the inside of a Tauntaun but it is unbelievable, look at that.

We're on our way to a place called Chefchaouen.

The unbelievable thing about this town is that everything in it is painted blue.

One of the greatest things about

this town

of Chefchaouen

is that nobody knows about it. It's like a pristine jewel in the world.

"Yes, what's your name, my friend?" "Hamud"

I find that when I travel, if I don't take pictures of the people, that I regret it.

"Oh, that was a beautiful, that was a beautiful photo."

"Oh, love, like picture!"

I think that most people on Earth are generally good, nice, welcoming, open people.

"Thank you for inviting us to your terrace."

This has been my experience. "Beautiful, beautiful work."

I think so much of what I do as a photographer is uncomfortable

and in the unknown.

There's always situations that I'm not used to and I'm uncomfortable with.

This is a wonderful thing actually to become comfortable with the

uncomfortable, and just being open and just moving through the world.

Then everything unfolds exactly the way it's supposed to.

Photography, for me, is not only a way to get to know myself or discover myself,

it's also a way for me to communicate parts of myself to the world

and so this idea, that you get to

to discover yourself and create yourself through photography is a very powerful one,

and it's one that I'm always experiencing. It has opened my eyes to everything that's

possible in this world.

And I feel totally creative and alive... it's really changed everything.