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Seydou Keïta (1921/23 – 21 November 2001) was a Malian photographer known for his portraits of people and families he took at his portrait photography studio in Mali's capital, Bamako, in the 1950s. His photographs are widely acknowledged not only as a record of Malian society but also as pieces of art.
Seydou Keïta was a Malian photographer known for his black-and-white portraits of friends, family, and neighbors. View Seydou Keïta’s 440 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Date of birth/Age: Jan 16, 1980 (44) Place of birth: Bamako Height: 1,83 m Citizenship: Mali. France Position: Midfield - Central Midfield Foot: left Current club: Retired Joined: Jul 1, 2017 Contract expires: - Outfitter: adidas Social-Media: Further information. Seydou Keita is the cousin of Mohamed Sissoko (Retired).
Seydou Keïta is unanimously regarded today as the most famous African studio photographer of the 20th century. Discovered in the West in the early 1990s, his work, composed essentially of black...
Dec 8, 2001 · Seydou Keïta, whose sure grasp of photographic portraiture and sophisticated understanding of strong graphics in African textiles turned him from a little-known studio artist in Mali to a...
Seydou Keïta is unanimously regarded today as the most famous African studio photographer of the 20th century. Discovered in the West in the early 1990s, his work, composed essentially of black and white portraits made in his studio in Bamako from 1948 to 1962, has since been exhibited in major museums and written about in numerous publications.
From 1949 to 1977 Keita was the most popular portrait photographer in his native Bamako, Mali, producing thousands of commissioned portraits of politicians, government workers, shop owners, and ordinary citizens that comprise an outstanding visual record of a modern society.
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