R6089/3 Photograph ‘Untitled’

Studio portrait of a woman wearing voluminous robes, headwrap and flipflops, with a small child in her lap.

Untitled by Hamidou Maiga (Museum Accession Number R6089/3) ©Hamidou Maiga. Image courtesy of Jack Bell Gallery, London.

Photograph of a woman wearing voluminous wax print robes, headwrap and flipflops, with a small child in her lap. Photographer Hamidou Maiga documented Malian society and youth culture in his portraits, this photograph was taken in 1973 in the studio he opened the same year. 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: 1973