SANLÉ SORY – VOLTA PHOTO
2019-12-30Sanlé Sory’s portraits are key documents of the exuberant youth culture in Burkina Faso following the small West African nation’s independence from France. After learning to use a twin-lens Rolleiflex 6×6 camera and process prints, Sory opened his studio, Volta Photo, in 1960, the same year his country (then called Upper Volta) began its transition from remote colony to independent nation. He worked as a regional reporter, event photographer and record sleeve illustrator active in the city’s dynamic music scene. Most notably, however, Sory was one of Bobo-Dioulasso’s earliest and finest studio photographers.
Opposite – Mali Djeli, 1984
Exhibition runs January 11th – February 7th, 2020
M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles
90069 CA
