{"product_id":"samuel-fosso-autoportrait-9783958296121","title":"Samuel Fosso: Autoportrait","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAutoportrait\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive survey of the multifaceted oeuvre of Nigerian photographer Samuel Fosso (born 1962). Since the mid-1970s, Fosso has focused on self-portraiture and performance, envisioning variations of identity in the postcolonial era. From Fosso's early black-and-white self-portraits from the 1970s to his recent exercises in self-presentation, highlights include the vibrant series \u003ci\u003eTati\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), in which he playfully inhabits African and African American characters and archetypes; and the magisterial portraits of \u003ci\u003eAfrican Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), where he poses as icons of the pan-African liberation and Civil Rights movements, such as Angela Davis, Martin Luther King, Jr., Patrice Lumumba and Nelson Mandela. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis landmark monograph demonstrates Fosso's unique departure from the traditions of West African studio photography, established in the 1950s and '60s by modern masters Seydou Ke ta and Malick Sidib . By charting his conceptual practice of self-portraiture, and sustained engagement with notions of sexuality, gender and self-representation, this book reveals an unprecedented photographic project.--Isabelle Hore-Thorburn \"Highsnobiety\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\/The Walther Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958296121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 9.80w x 1.20d","brand":"Samuel Fosso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36675442999452,"sku":"9783958296121","price":72.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_85582c39-6f26-415a-92f9-41102f95465b.jpg?v=1603934203","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/samuel-fosso-autoportrait-9783958296121","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}