Impressed with his work, Guillat took him on as an apprentice. In he opened his own studio and increasingly became noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the s in Bamako. In the s, he turned towards the making of studio portraits.
One of the best known of his works is 'Nuit de Noel, Happy Club' , depicting a smiling couple — the man in a suit, the woman in a Western party dress but barefoot and both dancing, presumably, to music.
It was images like these that revealed how his photographic style was inextricably linked to music. Thereby for example the session information or language setting are stored on your computer. Without cookies the range of the online shop's functionality is limited. If you don't agree, please click here. View Double grid Double grid Grid Line. Products per page 10 10 20 50 More information. Images in out-of-print 'It's too funky in here' dance like the photographed dancers, twinkle like the eyes of the portrayed youth.
Omnipresent at decisive moments that really needed to be caught - the memory of Bamako. Flash Afrique! The out-of-print volume 'Flash Afrique! The couples in love, sexy young men and women, radiate pure joie de vivre. The Portrait of Mali' gathers together a large group of archive images which are completely unknown.
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