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Afghanistan, 1992. Kaboul, Dans la mosquée de Chindawol, les femmes attendent dans la place qui leur est réservée le début de la prière Kabul,

In the mosque of Chindawol, the women wait in the place which is reserved for them the beginning of the prayer. © Pascal Maitre

Kandahar, Bazar principal, Afghanistan 2022 © Pascal Maitre

Mon Afrique

Photographs of Sub-Saharan Africa by Pascal Maitre

preface by Calixthe Beyala , chapter texts by Jean-Claude Nouveliere

Aperture Foundation, New York 2000, 159 pages

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In a convergence of brilliant color and compelling visual narrative, this new collection of photographs by Pascal Maitre reveals an Africa unfamiliar to most Westerners. He portrays a wide range of experience in sub-Saharan Africa: in Niger's desert, soldiers juggle goats and machine guns; within the forest, a rosary dangles from the chest of a warrior in a Bassorian initiation ceremony. In this startlingly beautiful land, ornamented by the marks of human struggle and worship, contradictions are plentiful. Rich in detail and elegant composition, Maitre's photographs immerse us in an Africa beyond the familiar media depictions. He shows an Africa living with the contradictions of tradition and modernization, of ritual headdresses and plastic flip-flops, of tribal wars and machine guns, of ancestral deities and nonbelievers. Covering an immense geographic area with numerous visits, Maitre has been exhaustive in his quest to show the Africa that he has come to understand and love. A lively preface by Cameroon-born author Calixthe Beyala sets the stage for Mon Afrique

04/05/20

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The last survivors of the Mexican revolution, who fought alongside Emiliano Zapata. Some of them are convinced that their hero, who disappeared in 1919, is still alive. Although they're old and feeble, several of these 'Zapatistas' never go out without a gun.

12.11.17 | European House of Photography - Paris | Quand l’Afrique s’éclairera//When Africa will light up - Pascal Maitre