[en] This essay focuses on Seydou Keïta’s work, and on the way in which this work has been
received and conceptualized within both the African and the Western context. These
photographs have a long history of geographical and cultural displacement that has deeply
influenced their status, as well as the status of the people who engaged with them. The essay
follows the development of this history, dealing with the processes of construction of Seydou
Keïta as an author and of his photographs as international acclaimed pieces of art
Disciplines :
Anthropology
Author, co-author :
Jedlowski, Alessandro ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Labo d'anthropologie sociale et culturelle (LASC)
Language :
English
Title :
Constructing artworks. Issues of authorship and articulation around Seydou Keïta’s Photographs
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Nordic Journal of African Studies
ISSN :
1235-4481
eISSN :
1459-9465
Publisher :
Nordic Association of African Studies, Helsinki, Finland
