Legendary Malian photographer Malick Sidibé passed away on April 14. Immediately following his death, we…
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Maestro Sidibé
I have never been to Bamako, never been to Malick Sidibé’s studio in that city.…
Bamako Diaries I
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would find myself in Malick…
New York African Film Festival 2013
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the New York African Film Festival. The Festival–from…
Revolutions and Dancing
In Egypt earlier this year I was taken by my host to a nightclub in…
The afterlife of African studio photography
Is African studio photography, Cape Town art writer Sean O’Toole asks in frieze magazine, dying out? The…
5 Things: Glenna Gordon
I am shooting these on my iPhone. They’re short, no-frills interviews done in my office.…
Africa in black and white in the 1970s
Preview (and more information in French) of images from the exhibition, “The Ritual of the…
Rainer Elstermanns' "Photo Studio"
The German photographer, Rainer Elstermanns, imagined an old photo studio set in rural Kenya in…
Photography: Senegalese Wrestlers
Two weeks ago the results of the World Press Awards were announced. The prize winners…