R.I.P Malick Sidibe – Mali Photographer of Youth, Women and Joy
NYtimes. Malick Sidibe Photographer known for social reportage in Mali dies at 80.
He attended Saturday-night parties at which young Malians, dressed to the nines, danced the twist, the rumba and the merengue to the Beatles, James Brown and Afro-Caribbean music. This was Mali’s youthquake, and Mr. Sidibé was its photographic witness.
“For me, photography is all about youth,” he told The Daily Telegraph of London in 2008. “It’s about a happy world full of joy, not some kid crying on a street corner or a sick person.”
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