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

Description: Seydou Keita Photographs, Bamako, MaliPublished by Steidl, EB, 2011Quantity: 1ISBN 10: 3869303018ISBN 13: 9783869303017 Hardcover. Condition: New. In Box. 4to. Steidl Dangin, Gottingen, Germany. 2011. 412 pgs. Illustrated throughout. Brand new in the original publisher's shrinkwrap and still in the original shipping box. 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. EB; 15.3 X 11.7 X 2.2 inches; 412 pages.

Price: 545 USD

Location: New York, New York

End Time: 2025-01-21T07:22:54.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD

Product Images

Item Specifics

All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

Binding: Hardcover

Place of Publication: Gottingen

Publisher: Steidlangin

Subject: Art & Photography

Original/Facsimile: Original

Year Printed: 2011

Language: English

Illustrator: Seydou Keita

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

Author: Seydou Keita

Region: Europe

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Topic: African Portrait Photography

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