In 1955, he undertook an apprenticeship at Gerard
Guillat-Guignard's Photo Service Boutique, also known as Gege la
pellicule. In 1958, he opened his own studio (Studio Malick) in Bamako
and specialized in documentary photography, focusing particularly on the
youth culture of the Malian capital. Sidibé took photographs at sport
events, the beach, nightclubs, concerts, and even tagged along while the
young men seduced girls. Sidibé became noted for his black-and-white
studies of popular culture inthe 1960s in Bamako.
In the 1970s, he turned towards the making of studio portraits. His
background in drawing became useful in a way that he was able to
position people so they still appeared alive in photos rather than
mummie like. People enjoyed the studio, it was different than others and
had electricity which was a luxury at the time. Sidibe' was able to
increase his reputation through the first meetings on African
photography in Mali in 1994.
I do find that i like his work and ideas and that the pictures remind me of the exabition we seen in sunderland where they had back drops similar wher you can see the edges, and type of materials. I like how he wanted to capture what the "trends" where in this time period. I also feel it is showing us between model and traditional and how we move with the times.
The picture above to me shows the traditional culture which has has taking.
The picture above is again showing the difference in the fashions which he has documented. But this picture i have choice because of the backgrounds. In all of these pictures the backgrounds, backdrops to me feel very important as they compliment the mode and their clothingl he is capturing. for eg In the picture above she is wearing a dress with squares on and he has put a dotty floor in. and the picture above thatis one that is traditional they are wearing strips but he has but a striped backdrop in that goes the other way. Which i think makes his subjects stand out.
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