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Born in 1935 in Soloba, Mali
Died in April 14th, 2016 in Bamako, Mali, where he lived and worked

Malick Sidibé was born in a Peul family in a small village of Mali.

He was noticed for his talent as a draftsman and was admitted to the School of Sudanese Craftsmen in Bamako from which he graduated in 1955.

Malick Sidibe, Malian photographer who created mainly black-and-white images that revealed the gradual Westernization of Mali.

Biography.

Malick Sidibé was born in , in a small village in Mali.

Malick Sidibé started out as a local photographer in Bamako, Mali.

African Photographer Malick Sidibé chronicled the exuberant life of the young people in Mali in the s, 60s and 70s — we have some wonderful photos and.

He decorated the "Photo Service" store of Gerard Guillat, also known as "Gégé la Pellicule", who offered him a job as his apprentice. That's how he got started in photography in 1956. Two years later, he opened the "Studio Malick" in the centre of Bamako in Bagadadji, on 30th Street, Corner I9.

The wildness of the 1950's and the upcoming of Independence gave birth to a new generation of photographers who were totally involved in the cultural and social life that they recorded. Malick Sidibé, a pivotal character in this scene, was highly appreciated by young people and was invited to all the parties the youth organized in clubs, where they learned the