{"product_id":"seydou-keita-photographs-bamako-mali-1948-1963","title":"Seydou Keïta — Photographs, Bamako, Mali 1948–1963, Steidl 2011","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"135\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"59\" data-end=\"135\"\u003eA portrait chamber of a city, a continent, and the promise of possibility.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"456\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"137\" data-end=\"179\"\u003eSeydou Keïta (1921–2001, Bamako, Mali)\u003c\/strong\u003e turned his lens to the heart of downtown Bamako in the 1950s and ’60s, forging perhaps West Africa’s most significant portrait studio. With a Kodak Brownie gifted by his uncle at age fourteen, Keïta built a visual archive like no other.\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"846\"\u003eThis monumental volume offers over 400 portraits—many unpublished—drawn from Keïta’s expanded archive. Migrant youth, shop owners, municipal officials, intellectuals, bold dressers in front of lush patterned backdrops: each sitting is both a pose and a proclamation. His subjects styled themselves; they inhabited the space that the artist created.\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003eThe book is oversized—approximately 28.4 × 36 cm, 400+ pages, weighing around 4.8 kg—making it a physical object as evocative as its content. Its size asserts presence; its portraits demand attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"848\" data-end=\"1213\"\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1048\" data-end=\"1051\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1065\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Steidl, Göttingen, 2011 (First Edition) \u003cbr data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1146\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1146\" data-end=\"1155\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978‑3‑86930‑301‑7\u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1560\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1234\"\u003eWhy it matters:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1237\"\u003eKeïta’s work rewrites what we consider “documentary”. His studio becomes a stage for dignity, self‐fashioning, and aspiration. In the period between colonial Africa and independent Malawi (sic), these images capture a transformation in state, style, and desire. Now framed for the global stage, they remain deeply Malian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1577\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1562\" data-end=\"1577\"\u003eBook Specs:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1580\" data-end=\"1602\"\u003eAuthor: Seydou Keïta\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1651\"\u003eTitle: \u003cem data-start=\"1612\" data-end=\"1649\"\u003ePhotographs, Bamako, Mali 1948–1963\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1654\" data-end=\"1676\"\u003eEdition: First, 2011\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1741\"\u003eBinding \/ Material: Hardcover, cloth (variant), large format\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1765\"\u003ePages: Approx. 400+\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1768\" data-end=\"1795\"\u003eDimensions: ~28.4 × 36 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1798\" data-end=\"1833\"\u003eCondition: Fine \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1836\" data-end=\"1855\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1858\" data-end=\"1909\"\u003eExtra: Featuring portraits, essays, archive texts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"1911\" data-end=\"1914\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1916\" data-end=\"1957\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51821563117906,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/FCB6CE39-05CD-4D82-9B9E-C35D46C21584.jpg?v=1768137553","url":"https:\/\/thedarwin.es\/products\/seydou-keita-photographs-bamako-mali-1948-1963","provider":"DaRWIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}