Brand New 2011 Seydou Keita Photographs Bamako Mali 1948-1963 Hardcover w/Box

Description: Hardcover. 4to. Steidlangin, Gottingen, Germany. 2011. 412 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Brand new in the original publisher's shrinkwrap and still in the original shipping box. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. African portraitist Seydou Keïta lived in Bamako, Mali, then part of the colony of French Sudan and a bustling transportation hub on the route to Dakar, from 1921 to 2001. A self-taught photographer, with a Kodak Brownie given to him by his uncle, Keita took up photography at the age of fourteen, he opened a studio in 1948 and specialized in portraiture. Seydou Keïta s photographs eloquently portray Bamako society during its era of transition from a cosmopolitan French colony to an independent capital. Whether photographing single individuals, families, or professional associations, Keïta balanced a strict sense of formality with a remarkable level of intimacy with his subjects. Like many professional photographers, he furnished his studio with numerous props, from backdrops and costumes, to Vespas and luxury cars. He would renew these props every few years, which later allowed him to establish a chronology for his work He worked intuitively, reinventing portrait photography through his search for extreme precision. In 1962 the newly installed Socialist government made Keïta its official photographer; shortly thereafter he closed down his studio, although he remained active until his retirement in 1977. His archive of over 10,000 negatives was gradually brought to light in the early 1990s; Keïta has since achieved international recognition. Inventive and highly modern, his emphasis on the essential components of portrait photography light, subject, framing firmly establishes Keïta among the twentieth-century masters of the genre. Brand New 2011 Seydou Keita Photographs Bamako Mali 1948-1963 Hardcover w/Box Click images to enlarge Description Up For Sale Today is Seydou Keita Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948-1963 Hardcover. 4to. Steidlangin, Gottingen, Germany. 2011. 412 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Brand new in the original publisher's shrinkwrap and still in the original shipping box. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks, binding tight and solid. African portraitist Seydou Keïta lived in Bamako, Mali, then part of the colony of French Sudan and a bustling transportation hub on the route to Dakar, from 1921 to 2001. A self-taught photographer, with a Kodak Brownie given to him by his uncle, Keita took up photography at the age of fourteen, he opened a studio in 1948 and specialized in portraiture. Seydou Keïta s photographs eloquently portray Bamako society during its era of transition from a cosmopolitan French colony to an independent capital. Whether photographing single individuals, families, or professional associations, Keïta balanced a strict sense of formality with a remarkable level of intimacy with his subjects. Like many professional photographers, he furnished his studio with numerous props, from backdrops and costumes, to Vespas and luxury cars. He would renew these props every few years, which later allowed him to establish a chronology for his work He worked intuitively, reinventing portrait photography through his search for extreme precision. In 1962 the newly installed Socialist government made Keïta its official photographer; shortly thereafter he closed down his studio, although he remained active until his retirement in 1977. His archive of over 10,000 negatives was gradually brought to light in the early 1990s; Keïta has since achieved international recognition. Inventive and highly modern, his emphasis on the essential components of portrait photography light, subject, framing firmly establishes Keïta among the twentieth-century masters of the genre. FROM WIKIPEDIA: Seydou Keïta (born 1921 in Bamako, Mali — d. 21 November 2001 in Paris, France) was a self-taught portrait photographer from Bamako. He is mostly known for his portraits of people and families he took between 1940 and the early 1960s and that are widely acknowledged not only as a record of Malian society but also as pieces of art. Seydou Keïta was born in 1921 in Bamako, although the exact date is unknown. He was the oldest in a family of five children. His father Bâ Tièkòró and his uncle Tièmòkò were furniture makers. Keïta developed an interest in photography when his uncle gave him a Kodak Brownie with a film with eight shots in 1935, after returning from a trip to Senegal. In the beginning Keïta worked as both a carpenter and photographer, taking first portraits of his family and friends, later of people in the neighborhood. He learned photography and how to develop from Pierre Garnier, a French photographic supply store owner, and from Mountaga Traoré, his mentor. In 1948 he set up his first studio in the family house in Bamako-Koura behind the main prison. ALL ITEMS ARE PACKED IN A WATERPROOF CUSTOM FITTED BAG, WRAPPED IN 2 LAYERS OF BUBBLE WRAP AND THEN PLACED INTO A CUSTOM FITTED CARDBOARD MAILER.   IF YOU WIN A LARGE NUMBER OF BOOKS OR A SET; THE ITEMS WILL BE SHIPPED IN A STURDY BOX.    IF YOU ARE GOING TO BUY OR ARE BIDDING ON A LARGE NUMBER OF AUCTIONS THAT END ON DIFFERENT DAYS PLEASE PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 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Author: Seydou Keita

Binding: Hardcover

Character Family: Seydou Keita Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948-1963

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Illustrator: Seydou Keita

Language: English

Original/Facsimile: Original

Place of Publication: Gottingen

Publisher: Steidlangin

Region: Europe

Special Attributes: Dust Jacket, Illustrated, Seydou Keita Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948-1963, African Portrait Photography

Subject: Art & Photography

Topic: African Portrait Photography

Year Printed: 2011