1930–2018 · South Africa · Photographer
David Goldblatt
Quiet, analytical documentary of South African society under and after apartheid.
On the Mines (with Nadine Gordimer), 1973Source: Wikipedia
PHOTOGRAPHER · 1935–2016 · MALI
Malick Sidibe
Joyful black-and-white pictures of youth culture and parties in Bamako.
- Born
- 1935
- Died
- 2016
- Country
- Mali
- Field
- Photographer
KNOWN FOR
- 1963Nuit de Noël (Happy Club)
WHY THEY MATTER
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale (2007), the first photographer to receive it; Hasselblad Award; ICP Infinity Award for Lifetime Achievement (2008); World Press Photo award (2010).
THE LIFE
Sidibe was a Malian photographer known for black-and-white studies of popular culture in 1960s Bamako. He photographed the city's youth at parties and dances in the years after independence. In 1962 he opened his own studio in the Bagadadji neighbourhood, and from the 1970s concentrated on studio portraits. In 2007 he became the first photographer to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale.
Also born in 1930–1959
1930–2014 · Nigeria · Photographer
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere
Sculptural black-and-white studies of Nigerian women's hairstyles.
Nigerian hairstyles (series), 1968Source: Wikipedia
1930–2012 · Japan · Photographer
Shomei Tomatsu
Dark, fragmentary images of postwar Japan and American occupation.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Document, 1961Source: Wikipedia
born 1931 · Brazil · Photographer
Claudia Andujar
Lyrical, often experimental images of the Yanomami people.
Yanomami: The House, The Forest, The Invisible, 1998Source: Wikipedia
1931–2016 · Hong Kong · Photographer
Fan Ho
Geometric light-and-shadow street scenes of 1950s and 1960s Hong Kong.
Approaching Shadow, 1954Source: Wikipedia
1933–2004 · United States · Photographer
Eddie Adams
News photography of war, politics and celebrity.
Saigon Execution, 1968Source: Wikipedia