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Samuel Fosso

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Samuel Fosso and the Invention of the Artist as a Young Photographer

In an interview for his new monograph, Fosso spoke with the late curator Okwui Enwezor about his teenage self-portraits and how all his work concerns the question of power.

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In “African Spirits,” A New Visual Vernacular

An exhibition at Yossi Milo Gallery captures the dizzying array of post-independence African photography.

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The Lives of Samuel Fosso

The acclaimed photographer pushes self-portraiture into new realms of gender-bending theatricality.

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Samuel Fosso: Emperor of Africa

Samuel Fosso, a master of theatrical self-portraiture, turns toward the icons of Mao-era China.

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In and Out of the Studio

The Met has mounted its first-ever exhibition of West African photographs. But is the museum late to the party?

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Aperture 242

Spring 2021, “New York”

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