Fatoumata Diabate’s traveling studio revives the golden age of Malian studio portraiture.
In Bamako, a group of young photographers engage a changing city.
In search of the late Malick Sidibé and the rhythmic roots of his legendary photographs.
Celebrated for his studio portraiture in the 1950s, Bamako’s most prominent photographer mastered the elements of style.
Joseph Gergel reports on the tenth edition of Rencontres de Bamako, West Africa’s venerable photography festival.
An essay on Malian photographer Adama Kouyaté, via Creative Time Reports.
Aperture’s fall issue, “Arrhythmic Mythic Ra,” refracts themes of family, social history, and the astrophysical through the eyes of guest editor Deana Lawson, one of the most compelling photographers working today.
