The leather tannneries of Fez are one of the oldest production processes in the world, but their medieval tradition is under threat from modernisation. 
Restriction: None Text: On Commission only Photo by: Richard Taylor Richard Taylor visits Fes in the North of Morocco to document the tanneries of Fes, one of the oldest unchanged production processes in the world, and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Once described as The site of a miracle; the suppression of the passage of time, this 900 year-old process could finally succumb to modernisation, with proposals to build a new factory on the outskirts of town. Once there were almost 200 tanneries in Fes, now there is only one. It is only a matter of time before this medieval process disappeares forever . . . |