life in the atlas mountains, region of morocco

The snowy foothills in Morocco are home to Berber villages where people live far from the comforts of modern life.

Photographer Youssef Boudlal

Berber women wash a child in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Berber men walk in the valley of Ait Sghir of the Agoudal region in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Villagers use their phones to look for a network signal at Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A woman walks through the snow covered village of Tilmi in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A man serves Berber speciality foods in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A woman and her children warm themselves around a fire in their home in Tilmi village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Bari Moumouch, a 20-year-old Berber mother, walks with her new born child on her back in the village of Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A woman smiles as she warms herself around a fire in her home at Tilmi village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Children watch TV in their house in Tilmi village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Bari Moumouch, a 20-year-old Berber mother, plays with her new born child in the village of Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Villager Ali and his mother pose for a photograph in his front room at Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

An old Berber couple rest in their home in Tilmi village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Women hold their babies as they keep warm by the fireside in the village of Ait Sghir

A boy warms his toes by a fire in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A woman prepares wheat bread in her doorway in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Children play in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Berber women weave traditional carpets in the village of Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A mother waits for her son as he searches for a mobile phone network signal in Ait Sghir village in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A woman mourns her donkey after discovering it had died due to ill health in Ait Sghir in the High Atlas region of Morocco

A Berber woman from Ait Sghir poses for a portrait near her house in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Villagers from Ait Sghir warm themselves around a fire in Ait Sghir valley in Agoudal area in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Market in the High Atlas region of Morocco

Berber men return home after transporting food and goods on mules between villages in the High Atlas region of Morocco

High Atlas region of Morocco

Berber men transport food and goods on mules between villages in the High Atlas region of Morocco