Bamako at Night

Since Eduardo Pineda was in Bamako painting a mural, I asked him if he could contact photographer, Amadou Keita and have a conversation with him about his photographic work. Amadou only speaks French and time didn’t permit a sit-down conversation with a translator but Amadou and I have been communicating via email and he sent me a statement on how he got into photography, how he approaches his work, and how he sees it in the lager context of image-making in Africa. Visit his gallery, Bamako at Night. His statement has been translated from French.

Amadou Keita Bio

2007/Individual exhibition The Tuareg Timbuktu the historic seat of the Association APAM (Association of Photographers Artists from Mali), Badalabougou Bamako and an exhibition at the Hotel Sofitel, Bamako, Muso Bara. Working Woman. In collaboration with the Italian Cooperation; 2006/Individual exhibition Women of Kalabougou potters at the bank of River Niger; 2006/APAM which is a group of professional photographers from Mali, was created to promote Malian culture values, using photography as a tool of development; 2005/exhibition at the French Cultural Center in Bamako Artists on stage and exhibition…Mediation school in the pyramid of Bamako. Contour of Rencontre Africaine de la Photographie; 2004/The theater of reality, 7th edition Woman and Stereotypes with Association Act-Seven, in collaboration with Helvetas Mali; 2003/a solo exhibition at Blabla Club in collaboration with the gallery Chab Bamako City of Water and an exhibition and catalog design museum: Lausanne contemporary photography and textiles; 2002/I coached photography workshops at the basic school (Kalanso) as part of street photo project.

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