R6089/5 Photograph ‘Untitled’

Studio portrait of a man wearing a dark flared suit and sunglasses, holding a guitar over his shoulder.

Untitled by Hamidou Maiga (Museum Accession Number R6089/5) ©Hamidou Maiga. Image courtesy of Jack Bell Gallery, London.

Photograph of a young man wearing a dark flared suit and sunglasses, posing with a guitar, in front of a painted cloth backdrop. 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. Collected as part of the Fashioning Africa project.

Creator: Hamidou Maiga

Title: Untitled

Place: Mali, West Africa, Africa

Date: 1973