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Known as the Eye of Bamako, Malick Sidibé (1936–2016) was born in Soloba, a town in southwestern Mali. During his youth, his talent for illustration was recognized by the French colonial administration. At 16, Sidibé was enrolled in the École des artisans Soudanais (now Institut national des arts) in Bamako, Mali’s capital. Around 1954, Sidibé had his first portrait taken by first-generation Malian photographer Baru Koné, who taught him about photographic composition. In 1957 he began to document everyday life in Bamako. He taught himself how to develop & print negatives, & bought his first camera, a Brownie Flash. He opened his legendary Studio Malick in 1962. He specialized in documentary photography & was Bamako's first photojournalist, capturing the energy of that city's youth at parties & social gatherings. Studio Malick became a central meeting place for this new generation, & Sidibé's striking portraits reveal an exuberance for photography that matched the spirit emblematic of post-colonial West Africa in the late 1950s through the mid-1970s. In the 70s, Sidibé turned away from observational documentary to embrace studio photography. He encouraged his subjects to be more animated & to bring their own props, whether a beloved record by James Brown or a newly bought motorbike. Sidibé also photographed national, cultural, political, and artistic events, such as the annual Semaine nationale de la jeunnesse or Youth Week. He took pictures of nearly all of Mali’s famous musicians since the 1970s, including Nahawa Doumbia, Boubacar Traoré (aka “Kar Kar”), Salif Salif Keïta, Oumou Sangaré, & Ali Farka Touré. His images from this period have come to represent a collective portrait of that time & place. He photographed for the French fashion magazines Vogue, Elle, Cosmopolitan, & Double. Widely collected & exhibited throughout the world, Sidibé won the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography in 2003, was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2007 Venice Biennale, & granted a Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Center of Photography in 2008. He died in 2016 at the age of 80. #supportblackart #malicksidibe #blackartstory https://www.instagram.com/p/BthW_rchq_M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bck2xxh3uhpm

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A portrait of a Malian family. Bamako, Mali. 1977. ©Malick Sidibe

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