People of Mauritania
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/PHOTOS-PEOPLE-MAURITANIA.jpg)
People.
The other side of traveling.
No monuments, no museums, no gardens or palaces.
To really get to know a country, you have to interact with its people.
Photography always kept my attention and I got my first SRL camera when I was 16 years old.
During my Visual Arts studies at University, I decided to engage myself in a photo project to last for a few years.
So, from 2001 until 2005, my main purpose of traveling was to capture images of people.
I made hundreds of photos of people using my CANON EOS 1 film camera.
On this page I collect some of the best photos I have from Mauritania.
NOTE: These images were made between 2001 and 2005 using a film camera (not digital). Visit my photo project People of the World.
Photos of People from Mauritania
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Girls in Nouamghar fishermen village, Islamic Republic of Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Girls-Nouamghar-Mauritania.jpg)
Girls in Nouamghar fishermen village, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Moor man with traditional clothing, Islamic Republic of Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Mauritanian-Man-Nouadhibou.jpg)
Moor man with traditional clothing in Nouadhibou, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Girl in Nouamghar fishermen village, Islamic Republic of Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Girl-Nouamghar-Mauritania.jpg)
Imraguen girl in Nouamghar fishermen village, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Photo of Women in Sahara Desert tracks of Sebkhet Oum way to Bir Moghrein, Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Women-Sahara-Desert-Mauritania.jpg)
Photo of women in the Sahara Desert tracks of Sebkhet Oum on the way to Bir Moghrein, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Photo of man with white turban in Choum, Islamic Republic of Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Man-Choum-Mauritania.jpg)
Photo of man with white turban in Choum, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Photo of man with black turban in Chinguetti, Islamic Republic of Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Man-Chinguetti-Mauritania.jpg)
Photo of man with black turban in Chinguetti, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Wolof boys in Nouadhibou, Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Children-Senegal-Mauritania.jpg)
Wolof boys in Nouadhibou, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Photo of Girl in Sahara Desert tracks of Sebkhet Oum way to Bir Moghrein, Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Girl-Desert-Mauritania.jpg)
Photo of girl in the Sahara Desert tracks of Sebkhet Oum on the way to Bir Moghrein, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
![People of Mauritania - Photos of Mauritanian People Girl in Nouamghar fishermen village, Islamic Republic of Mauritania](https://www.joaoleitao.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Black-Girl-Mauritania.jpg)
Imraguen girl in Nouamghar fishermen village, Islamic Republic of Mauritania.