The Tender Story Behind Malick Sidibé’s Wedding Portraits

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For over two decades, Malick Sidibé famously immortalised the pulse of a Modernist Mali, newly free from colonial constraints and ardently joining a global, diasporic youth movement. From intoxicating dance parties to eccentric fashion sights, no fragment of the West African nation’s thriving culture would escape the lens of the ingenious image-maker known as the ‘Eye of Bamako’. Yet, despite being best known for his buoyant, irresistibly vivacious photographs of 60s and 70s…

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The Tender Story Behind Malick Sidibé’s Wedding Portraits
By Maisie Skidmore

August 1, 2018 at 10:19AM
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