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Learn about Seydou Keïta, the great African portraitist who captured the style and culture of Bamako and West Africa from 1948 to 2001. Explore his biography, exhibitions, prints and legacy on his official website.
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Biography. Born c. 1921, Bamako, Mali. Died in 2001, Paris,...
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Seydou Keïta (1921/23 – 21 November 2001) was a Malian photographer known for his portraits of people and families he took at his portrait photography studio in Mali's capital, Bamako, in the 1950s.
Biography. Born c. 1921, Bamako, Mali. Died in 2001, Paris, France. Seydou Keïta’s photographs eloquently portray Bamako society during its era of transition from a cosmopolitan French colony to an independent capital.
Seydou Keïta was a Malian photographer known for his black-and-white portraits of friends, family, and neighbors. View Seydou Keïta’s 443 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Seydou Keïta (1921/23 – 21 November 2001) was a Malian photographer known for his portraits of people and families he took at his portrait photography studio in Mali's capital, Bamako, in the 1950s.
Seydou Keïta worked from 1948 to 1962 as a freelance photographer in Bamako, Mali. His studio was one of the most popular in town, just as the one run by the somewhat younger Malick Sidibé. On Saturdays, people actually queued up outside the door, Keïta recalls.
Seydou Keïta is unanimously regarded today as the most famous African studio photographer of the 20th century. Discovered in the West in the early 1990s, his work, composed essentially of black...
