{"product_id":"sory-sanl-volta-photo-9783958294004","title":"Sory Sanlé VOLTA Photo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Rich people, poor people, religious people, artists, musicians, everyone could become a hero at  Sanle's] Volta studio.\" --Florent Mazzoleni, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe studio photographs of Sory Sanl  and his participation in the vibrant music scene in Bobo-Dioulasso give us a picture of a cosmopolitan city shaping its independent identity in the 1960s through to the '80s, the heyday of West African independence movements. Vintage photographs, seven-inch record sleeves and studio accessories are all reproduced in the most extensive portrayal to date of photography and music as key popular art forms with local, national and international resonance. With the colorful full title of \u003ci\u003eVolta Photo: Starring Sory Sanl  and the Good People of Bobo-Dioulasso in the Small but Musically Mighty African Country of Burkina Faso\u003c\/i\u003e, this book also includes essays on photography and sound in Africa as well as a CD with hit songs by Volta Jazz, Echo del Africa Nacional and other star bands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Burkina Faso in 1943, \u003cb\u003eSory Sanl \u003c\/b\u003e runs a portrait studio in Bobo-Dioulasso. He opened his business in 1960, the year that Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) declared independence from France. For many years, Sanl  also organized music parties around the city; he served as the official photographer for Volta Jazz, a key popular music orchestra in the 1960s and '70s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steidl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783958294004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 7.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Sory Sanle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38211767763125,"sku":"9783958294004","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0da80d01-085c-4601-ba9c-53aebaf17c18.jpg?v=1610432127","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/sory-sanl-volta-photo-9783958294004","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}