Like a wandering route and a hasty diary. Muddled, chaotic links and narrative, like some sort of visual rap. At first the event, I should say more: the advent of color and matter, its fascination, like a miracle escape or refuge from the harsh reality.
Then, in counterpoint, from the narrator's point of view (inside his mind this strange confrontation at times painful at times festive between crystal-clear teenage dreams of Latin America and an actual eclectic and rough reality where life, music and faiths prevail for all that).
Monograph part of the sixth African Meetings of Photography in Bamako ( Mali ), Nov. 10th / Dec. 10th, 2005. Curator: Simon Njami. Co-producted by: Maison africaine de la photographie / Ministère de la culture (Mali) and Association française d'action artistique (AFAA / Afrique en créations ). Arles photography festival France July 2006 Special tribute : SUITE CUBAINE outdoor slideshow.
(50 images)
in memory of Robert Lacour, le voyageur (1921-2005)
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