Edition 2008
Samuel FOSSO
Born in 1962 at Kunmba, Cameroon. Lives and works in Bangui, Central African Republic.
He lived in Nigeria from 1965 to 1972.
Moved to Bangui, where he opens his first photography studio in 1975.
« Thanks to Bernard Descamps » research, Samuel Fosso’s self-portraits are shown for the first time in 1994 at the 1st Bamako « Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie launched by Françoise Huguier, who discovered both Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keita.
Moved to Bangui, where he opens his first photography studio in 1975.
« Thanks to Bernard Descamps » research, Samuel Fosso’s self-portraits are shown for the first time in 1994 at the 1st Bamako « Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie launched by Françoise Huguier, who discovered both Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keita.