France, Nov. 23 -- TheParis Photo-Aperture Book Prizehas been awarded since 2012 to highlight the crucial role photo books play in the evolution of photography.

This year, the prize went to Hicham Benohoud for his bookThe Classroompublished in March 2025 by Loose Joints and was announced during the recent 28th edition of the annualParis Photo fair.

Benohoud, 57, is a Moroccan visual artist who graduated at the Ecole Superieure des Arts Decoratifs in Strasbourg. The photos of The Classroom were taken between 1994 and 2002 when he was then an art teacher at a secondary school in his hometown of Marrakesh.

The "models" seen in the black and white images were his own students whom he staged during class.

RFI asked him some questions short...