R6089/1 Photograph ‘Untitled’

Black and white photograph of a woman wearing a dress made of wax print commemorative cloth, crouching in front of a cloth backdrop.

Untitled by Hamidou Maiga (Museum Accession Number R6089/1) ©Hamidou Maiga. Image courtesy of Jack Bell Gallery, London.

Photograph of a young woman wearing a dress made of wax print commemorative cloth, crouching in front of a cloth backdrop. Photographer Hamidou Maiga documented Malian society and youth culture in his portraits, setting up his own studio in 1973. Black and white gelatin silver print, collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project.

Creator: Hamidou Maiga

Title: Untitled

Place: Mali, West Africa, Africa

Date: 1962