MALICK
SIDIBÉ
3. april - 23. may 2004
centro
de artes visuais ENCONTROS DE
FOTOGRAFIA
Apartado
6026 | 3000 Coimbra | Portugal
Malick Sidibé was born in 1936 in Soloba, in the south of the French Sudan, today Mali.
Boxer, 1966
© Malick Sidibé
Exhibition from The Hasselblad Center, Gotemburg, Sweden
His talent
for drawing was discovered at an early age, and he moved to Bamako, the
capital of the country, in order to develop his qualities. In the mid-fifties,
the French photographer Gérard Guillat, recognising his ability,
asked him to design the interior of his “Photo Service” studio
and then later chose him as his apprentice. Malick Sidibé came
there into contact with the concepts and techniques of photography and
started out on his professional path.
In 1962 he founded the “Studio Malick” on the eastern side
of Bamako, where he has
remained until today. He has always taken photographs out of enjoyment
and the duties of his profession, and has never thought of photography
as an artistic career.
The spirit of time has always been at the centre of Malick Sidibé’s
attentions. One is made aware of his desire to fix the essence of an era
in the true style of a chronicler.