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Exposición de Sanlé Sory « Generation Volta » — abierta hasta el 1 de octubre.
Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?
Author: Sanlé Sory
Edition: 1/8
Format: 36 × 36 cm
Technique: Digigraphie print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 g paper
€3,000.00
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A young woman in a long polka dot dress waits, hands clasped, as a man steps toward her across the chequered dance floor. Digigraphie print, limited edition 1/8, museum framing.
On the chequered floor of a dance hall, a young woman waits with her hands clasped, wearing a long polka dot dress slit at the front, hoop earrings catching the light. Facing her, a man in a jacket, framed from behind, steps forward: the title's invitation is unfolding before us. Empty chairs line the wall, with musicians' posters including Manu Dibango. Sanlé Sory, chronicler of Bobo-Dioulasso's nights, catches on his Rolleiflex the suspended moment before the dance.
The limited edition print (1/8) is a digigraphie on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 g paper, delivered in a museum frame with museum glass. Founder of the Volta Photo studio in 1960, Sanlé Sory ranks among the great names of african photography; his works are held by MoMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, the V&A and LACMA. This black and white print can be seen in Generation Volta, Sakana Gallery, Donostia, until 1 October 2026.
Print details
- Edition : 1/8
- Image : 36 × 36 cm
- Paper : 40 × 50 cm
- Technique : Digigraphie print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta 315 g paper
- Framing : Museum framing, museum glass
The history of African photography long came down to two Malian names: Seydou Keïta for the portrait, Malick Sidibé for the Bamako nights. This suspended moment before the dance places Sanlé Sory in that lineage, the Bobo-Dioulasso photographer who, like Sidibé, brought the dance hall into the picture. The MoMA has just hung their portraits side by side in Ideas of Africa, a generation of studios gathered at last on the same walls.
