biografía de Samuel FOSSO (1962)
Personal data
Birth : 1962 - , Cameroon
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Cameroon - Central African Republic
Address
Bangui, Central African RepublicProfessional data
Work and Life
1975:Photographer’s apprentice, then he opens the same year his first photography studio
1972:Moves to Bangui, Central African Republic
Prizes
1995
1995 : Prix Afrique en Créations
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Subject
self-portraitcommunities
one's self/identity
sexuality
Artistic periods
1976 : First self-portraitsWorks
| Untitled | |
| Date of creation : 1977 Medium : Gelatin silver print Size : 40 x 40 cm | |
| Tati | |
| Medium : Photograph | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2003
Jack Shainman Gallery – New York NY, United States
09/05/2003 – 10/04/2003
1995
CNP Centre National de la Photographie – Paris, France
1995
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Jack Shainman Gallery – 513 West 20th Street – New York NY, United States
2001
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Thomas Erben Gallery – 526 West 26th Street, floor 4 – New York NY, United States
Group exhibitions
2002
La Fotografia tra Storia e Poesia: La Collezione Fotografica della FNAC
Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia – Turin TO, Italy
05/23/2002 – 07/28/2002
2001
Mémoires Intimes d’un nouveau millénaire – IV Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine
Bamako, Mali
10/15/2001 – 11/15/2001
1996
In/Sight – African Photographers 1940 – Present
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1996
1995
Photographes Africains
Fnac Forum des Halles – Paris, France
1995
1994
Ières Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine
Bamako, Mali
1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Books
2002
Blink, 100 photographers, 010 curators, 010 writers
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 0714841994
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Mémoires intimes d’un nouveau millénaire – IV Rencontres de la photogrpahie africaine
Publisher: Editions Eric Koehler – Paris, France
2001
ISBN : 2710706806
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