Portfolio Mariam GHALIM

Allah y Rahmo

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Mariam Ghalim Speos 32w PJ 2026

This project explores memory and what remains after the passing of a loved one. It is rooted in the recent loss of my father and the traces he left behind: objects, places, and memories.

My father was born in Morocco and immigrated to France at the age of twenty. I travelled to Casablanca in his footsteps, to a place tied to his childhood and to which I partially belong, suspended between closeness and distance. There, I explored what persists, and how remembrance is formed or fades. The journey begins with the funeral, from which waves of memories unfold. It ends where it began, bringing recollections back into the present.

The photographs are deliberately altered; grain shapes a fragile visual language that mirrors the emotional strain of grief, while remaining grounded in a sense of reality. Short phrases surface throughout, like echoes of what he might have said.

Allah y Rahmo—may God have mercy on him—transforms absence into a fragile presence, where memory takes form and my father continues to live on.

le rocher de rachid

la voiture qui m’a permis de rencontrer ta maman

le poissonier qui me laissait vendre des sachets

winston rouges, souples

les moutons de berrechid

sfenj

la maison de mon enfance

leben

derb ghallef

Mariam Ghalim is a French-Moroccan documentary photographer based in Paris, developing long-term projects on identity and belonging. With a background in international human rights law, her work focuses on socio-cultural issues, particularly those affecting women and minority communities.

Her visual language is shaped by growing up between two cultures, reflecting a dual sense of belonging. Through photography, she brings attention to overlooked stories with honesty and sensitivity, using her practice to foster understanding and connection.

Drawn to color, light, and reflection, she balances aesthetic intuition with documentary rigor, seeking to portray lived realities with honesty and nuance.

mariamghalim.com @mariam.ghalim.photo mariam.ghalim.photo@gmail.com