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Samuel Fosso | Biography, Photography, Facts | Britannica Samuel Fosso, Cameroonian photographer who was best known for his ‘autoportraits,’ in which he transformed himself into other people and characters drawn from popular culture and politics For his African Spirits series, Fosso portrayed Nelson Mandela, Muhammad Ali, and Angela Davis, among others
Samuel Fosso - Wikipedia Fosso was inspired by photographs of Even Arnold and Malcolm X, mimicking their portraits in great detail and transforming into the icons of black history In his photographs is the recurring theme of storytelling, the performative impersonation of another person or idea
Samuel Fosso - MoMA At the age of 13, Fosso set up a commercial studio in Bangui, in the Central African Republic (CAR) He had grown up in Biafra, a territory in southeastern Nigeria that, following years of internal ethnic struggles, declared its independence in 1967
Samuel Fosso - Biography | Yossi Milo Known for his self-portraits in which he inhabits a vibrant array of personas, Cameroonian-Nigerian photographer Samuel Fosso (b 1962; Kumba, Cameroon) examines African identities and histories through costume and impersonation, emphasizing self-representation as a locus of empowerment
Samuel Fosso’s Self-Portraits Capture the Complexity of Black Identity Fosso’s practice on both sides of the camera quickly surpassed the realm of self-portraiture and began to delve into performance – a place to explore the spaces where history, politics, religion, and culture mingle and merge
Samuel Fosso - International Center of Photography Although born in Cameroon, Samuel Fosso spent most of his childhood in Nigeria among his people, the Igbo According to the photographer, he was paralyzed until the age of three, when he was thrown off the roof of a building by a healer
Samuel Fosso: African Spirits - Menil In this series of self-portraits, completed in 2008, Fosso pictures himself as Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr , Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Léopold Sédar Senghor, Malcolm X, and other prominent figures from 20th-century Black liberation movements
The Lives of Samuel Fosso - Aperture Fosso: It’s neither the body that smiles, nor the body that cries, but a representation of life and all the misfortunes that strike us deep within In the end, it’s about buried emotions that we ourselves create, and about exorcising my own resentment in the face of this situation
Fossò - Wikipedia Fossò is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy It is west of SP13 The town of Fossò is located in a fertile plain in the territory of the Riviera del Brenta, between Padua and Venice The name may be derived from the Latin " Fossadum ", a ditch, with reference probably to a minor line of river Brenta An old sale contract shows that this town has existing at
Samuel Fosso – NCMALearn - ncartmuseum. org Samuel Fosso (born July 17, 1962) is a Cameroonian-born Nigerian photographer who has worked for most of his career in the Central African Republic His work includes using self-portraits adopting a series of personas, often commenting on the history of Africa