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London 2014

  • 1-54 Forum 2014
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  • Press 2014

Maiga, Hamidou

Born in 1932 in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Lives and works in Bamako, Mali

Hamidou Maiga, 'Untitled', 1962, Gelatin silver print, edition of 15 + 3 A.P, 30 x 40.50 cm, Courtesy of Jack Bell Gallery 

Initially trained in Timbuktu as a mason, Hamidou Maiga’s career as a photographer was launched in the early 1950s when he purchased his first camera. In 1958, after having learned the basics of photography through an apprenticeship in photojournalism, Maiga opened his first studio in N’Gouma. For two years thereafter, he traced the route of the River Niger finding a clientele for his distinctive outdoor studio portraits. Balancing a strict sense of formality and a remarkable level of intimacy with his subjects, Maiga’s early 1970s work shares stylistic parallels with Irving Penn’s seminal Worlds in a Small Room (1974), referring to the neutralised background achieved by the small studio he brought with him on his travels.

From Bamako to Timbuktu, Maiga’s nomadic studio portraits present an extraordinary record of Malian society. While his precursor Seydou Keïta and contemporary Malick Sidibé have achieved international recognition by museums, collectors, and publishers worldwide, Maiga’s archive of negatives came to light only recently, and have since been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK, and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, USA.

Selected Artists

Ba, Omar

Michéa, Vincent

Hervé Yamguen

Karo Akpokiere

Afi Nayo

Terjuman, Houda

Monteiro, Fabrice

Okhai Ojeikere, J.D.

Artists 2014

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Afi Nayo
    • Agbodjelou, Leonce Raphael
    • Amadou Camara Gueye
    • Amahiguéré Dolo
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Arlene Wandera
    • Armen Agop
    • Ataa Oko
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Barthélemy Toguo
    • Bondo, Vitshois Mwilambwe
    • Bruce Clarke
  • C

    • Calixte Dakpogan
    • Camara, Serigne Mbaye
    • Chamekh, Nidhal
  • D

    • Daniel Blom
    • Diop, Omar Victor
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Douglas Camp, Sokari
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • El Baz, Mohamed
    • EL Loko
    • Emeka Ogboh
  • F

    • Fayçal Baghriche
    • François-Xavier Gbré
    • Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
  • G

    • Gaba, Meschac
    • Gakunga, Naomi Wanjiku
    • Gary Stephens
    • Glover, Ablade
    • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude
    • Guerresi, Maïmouna
  • H

    • Hajjaj, Hassan
    • Halter, Dan
    • Harandane Dicko
    • Hazoumè, Romuald
    • Hervé Yamguen
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • James Muriuki
    • John Goba
    • John Liebenberg
    • John Murray
    • Joseph-Francis Sumegné
  • K

    • Kamwathi, Peterson
    • Karl Gietl
    • Karo Akpokiere
    • Klos, Yashua
    • Koko Robert Bi, Jems
    • Konaté, Abdoulaye
    • Kossentini, Nicène
    • Kure, Marcia
  • L

    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maiga, Hamidou
    • Malick Sidibé
    • Maluka, Mustafa
    • Mancoba, Ernest
    • Megumi Matsubara
    • Melvin Edwards
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Miriam Syowia Kyambi
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Moschetti, Jean-Claude
    • Musekiwa, Terrence
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nestor Da
    • Nxumalo, Musa N.
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Ogunbanwo, Lakin
    • Okhai Ojeikere, J.D.
    • Okore, Nnenna
    • Okpu-Egbe, Adjani
    • Onditi, Paul
    • Otobong Nkanga
    • Owusu-Ankomah
  • P

    • Paul Sika
    • Pinto, Mauro
    • Platter, Cameron
  • Q

    • Quenum, Gérard
  • R

    • Rafik El Kamel
    • Ricardo Rangel
    • Richard Butler-Bowdon
    • Roger Ballen
    • Ruga, Athi-Patra
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Sandile Zulu
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Shomali, Kura
    • Sinzogan, Julien
    • Soudan, Gor
    • Stanley, Ransome
  • T

    • Takadiwa, Moffat
    • Terjuman, Houda
    • Tshindele, Pathy
    • Tugbiyele, Adejoke
  • V

    • Van Hove, Eric
    • Virginia Ryan
  • W

    • Watts, Ouattara
    • Wayne Barker
    • Wycliffe Mundopa
  • X

    • Xiomara De Oliver
  • Y

    • Younès Baba-Ali
    • Younès Rahmoun
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie

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