A — Malick Sidibé

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Malick Sidibé (1936 - 2016)

Malick Sidibé bol malijský fotograf, známy svojimi živými a ľudskými portrétmi z Bamako v 60. rokoch, zachytávajúcci postkoloniálnu slobodu a kultúru. Jeho dielo je ikonické a významné pre modernú africánsku fotografiu.

Malick Sidibé was born into a Peul family in a small village of Mali in 1935, and he died in Bamako in 2016. He graduated from school in I952. After being noticed for his talent as a draftsman, he was admitted to the School of Sudanese Craftsmen in Bamako from which he graduated in I955.He decorated the