Sanlé Sory (1943–2023) - Couple sur la moto - (Signé à la main et tamponée au dos)
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Has over ten years of experience in art, specialising in post-war photography and contemporary art.
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Sory Sanlé, Couple sur la moto - (Signed by hand and stamped on the back), gelatin silver print, 30 × 24 cm, portrait, signed by the photographer, in Excellent condition, sold by Galerie.
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Sory Sanlé is a Burkinabé photographer, born in 1943 in Nianiagara in the Republic of Upper Volta. Ibrahima Sanlé Sory arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso in 1957. Having become a journalist and photographer, he also did sleeve illustrations for records. He opened his Volta Photo studio in 1962, as his country gained independence. He buys a Rolleiflex 6×6, and begins by taking identity photographs and road accident photographs for the local police. Quickly, he gains notoriety in Bobo-Dioulasso, which was then the cultural and economic capital of the former Upper Volta, and where young Africans “hungry for modernity” came “to have their portrait taken.” Made between 1960 and 1985, his photographic work “testifies to the happiness of a regained freedom and to a social and cultural effervescence like no other.”
Exhibitions
2015: African Folk Art ?, Regional Fund for Contemporary Art of Bordeaux.
2015: Encounters with African Photography, Mérignac Media Library.
2018: Retrospective, Art Institute of Chicago.
2020: Tête à Têtes - West African Portraiture from Independence into the 21st Century, David Hill Gallery, London.
2020: Bobo Yéyé, Sanlé Sory, Galerie du Château d’Eau, Toulouse.
A photograph accompanied by a certificate of authenticity (Galerie Art-Z, Paris), signed by the photographer.
Seller's Story
Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art
Translated by Google TranslateSory Sanlé is a Burkinabé photographer, born in 1943 in Nianiagara in the Republic of Upper Volta. Ibrahima Sanlé Sory arrived in Bobo-Dioulasso in 1957. Having become a journalist and photographer, he also did sleeve illustrations for records. He opened his Volta Photo studio in 1962, as his country gained independence. He buys a Rolleiflex 6×6, and begins by taking identity photographs and road accident photographs for the local police. Quickly, he gains notoriety in Bobo-Dioulasso, which was then the cultural and economic capital of the former Upper Volta, and where young Africans “hungry for modernity” came “to have their portrait taken.” Made between 1960 and 1985, his photographic work “testifies to the happiness of a regained freedom and to a social and cultural effervescence like no other.”
Exhibitions
2015: African Folk Art ?, Regional Fund for Contemporary Art of Bordeaux.
2015: Encounters with African Photography, Mérignac Media Library.
2018: Retrospective, Art Institute of Chicago.
2020: Tête à Têtes - West African Portraiture from Independence into the 21st Century, David Hill Gallery, London.
2020: Bobo Yéyé, Sanlé Sory, Galerie du Château d’Eau, Toulouse.
A photograph accompanied by a certificate of authenticity (Galerie Art-Z, Paris), signed by the photographer.
Seller's Story
Association for the Promotion of Contemporary Art
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Artist
Sanlé Sory (1943–2023)
Sold by
Gallery
Title of artwork
Couple sur la moto - (Signé à la main et tamponée au dos)
Condition
Fine
Technique
Gelatin-silver print
Height
30 cm
Width
24 cm
Signature
Hand signed
Genre
Portrait
