“Carnet de voyage” is Aïssata’s first book. An ode to her native country, its cultural and ethnic diversity. Beyond showcasing Mauritania through the lens of a third culture kid, who grew up far from home, it was also a getaway from COVID-19 isolation.
The book invites to a journey throughout all the 13 regions of the county, with an intimate recounting of people, their homes, their hospitality, childhood memories, but also history.
This photo book is an “invitation to voyage” with a pinch of vulnerability and finding comfort in the midst of the chaos created by the pandemic. In August 2020, when she decided to pack her backpack and road-trip around the most remote places of the country, with a camera and notebook, a book was not the end goal. The publication of it was a result of getting out of her comfort zone and showing the many faces of Mauritania that are the backbone of the society and the economy, seldomly portrayed. Authentic and without filters, “carnet de voyage” is a work of heart and passion through faces, places and emotions captured.
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