MALICK SIDIBE
Sidibe is most noted for his black-and-white photographs of 1960s Bamako. In the following decade, Sidibe turned to studio portraits. His work was mostly unknown outside of Mali until the late 1990s; since then, he has received the Hasselblad Award for Photography in 2003, and the Venice Bienniale's Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement in 2007-the first to ever be awarded to a photographer. Now in his seventies, Sidibe remains productive. I feel I can relate to Sidibe's photos because they are mainly black and white portraits which I have drawn many times in Art class.
Sidibe is most noted for his black-and-white photographs of 1960s Bamako. In the following decade, Sidibe turned to studio portraits. His work was mostly unknown outside of Mali until the late 1990s; since then, he has received the Hasselblad Award for Photography in 2003, and the Venice Bienniale's Golden Lion Award for lifetime achievement in 2007-the first to ever be awarded to a photographer. Now in his seventies, Sidibe remains productive. I feel I can relate to Sidibe's photos because they are mainly black and white portraits which I have drawn many times in Art class.