Seydou Keita

Instituto Moreira Salles, Brazil
2018

The eponymous catalogue of the Seydou Keïta exhibition features portraits of the inhabitants of his country. In his studio, located near the Bamako train station, he recorded the expressions, clothes and tastes of visitors who passed by. Made between 1948 and 1962, images of him also show a period of transformation in Mali, when the country was moving towards its independence in 1960.

 

Catalogue published by the Instituto Moreira Salles to accompany the traveling exhibition 'Seydou Keita', curated by Jacques Leenhardt and Samuel Titan Jr.
Show dates April - July 2018, Sao Paulo, and August to October 2018, Rio de Janeiro.
Catalogue includes image and text reference to Hamidou Maiga.

ISBN: 978-85-8346-046-6