Ali Marok

Ali Marok (علي ماروك), born in 1939 in Hadjout (formerly Marengo) in Algeria, is an Algerian cinema director of photography, television reporter and photographer. When he was young, Ali did not have the advantage of a normal schooling. He had to redouble his efforts to make up for lost time. It is the birth of this artistic feeling which will increase tenfold in the future artist eager to learn. “My life is a continuous learning process,” he summed up, with the simplicity of a young schoolboy, in search of discoveries and knowledge. “My uncle Abdelkader Benzerfa, a man of culture, knew how to instill in me values which shaped my personality. He introduced me to the world of images. No doubt it was my launching pad. » “It was on television, where I worked in the 1960s, that my taste for the profession was affirmed. It was a means of expression for me and I developed it.” At the same time, Ali photographed the Casbah of Algiers, "as if to freeze the imprint of time on the monuments".