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Volta Photo

Title: Volta Photo / starring Sanlé Sory and the people of Bobo-Dioulasso in the small but musically mighty country of Burkina Faso.
Publication: Göttingen : Steidl ; [Chicago, Illinois] : The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

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Description

181 pages : illustrations (some color), map, portraits; 26 cm

Summary

The studio photographs of Sory Sanlé and his participation in the vibrant music scene in Bobo-Dioulasso give us a picture of a cosmopolitan city shaping its independent identity in the 1960s through to the 80s, the heyday of West African independence movements. Vintage photographs, seven-inch record sleeves and studio accessories are all reproduced in the most extensive portrayal to date of photography and music as key popular art forms with local, national and international resonance.

Alternative Title

Sanlé Sory : Volta Photo

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Interviews.

Note

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by and held at the Art Institute of Chicago, April 27-August 19, 2018.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introductions -- Map of Bobo-Dioulasso -- Acknowledgments / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Note to the reader -- To recognize one's picture / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Becoming a studio photographer -- Customers -- In the studio -- Public life and private pictures -- Music makers and music lovers -- Volta Jazz : a band and its records -- The key to success : photography and fitness -- Amplifications : Sanlé Sory's great movements between photography and music / Antawan I. Byrd -- Modern times in Upper Volta : Volta Jazz and the Bobo music scene / Florent A. Mazzoleni -- The afterlives of images -- List of illustrations and exhibition checklist.

Call Number

Sc F 19-7

ISBN

9783958294004
3958294006

OCLC

1037807150

Title

Volta Photo / starring Sanlé Sory and the people of Bobo-Dioulasso in the small but musically mighty country of Burkina Faso.

Publisher

Göttingen : Steidl ; [Chicago, Illinois] : The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Sanlé, Sory, 1943- Photographs. Selections.

Witkovsky, Matthew S., 1967- writer of supplementary textual content.

Byrd, Antawan I., writer of supplementary textual content.

Mazzoleni, Florent, writer of supplementary textual content.

Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.

Cover Title

Sanlé Sory : Volta Photo

Research Call Number

Sc F 19-7

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