Sory Sanlé: Volta Photo

Synopsis

The Studio Photographs Of Sory Sanlé And His Participation In The Vibrant Music Scene In Bobo-dioulasso Give Us A Picture Of A Cosmopolitan City Shaping Its Independent Identity In The 1960s Through To The 80s, The Heyday Of West African Independence Movements. Vintage Photographs, Seven-inch Record Sleeves And Studio Accessories Are All Reproduced In The Most Extensive Portrayal To Date Of Photography And Music As Key Popular Art Forms With Local, National And International Resonance. Introductions -- Map Of Bobo-dioulasso -- Acknowledgments / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Note To The Reader -- To Recognize One's Picture / Matthew S. Witkovsky -- Becoming A Studio Photographer -- Customers -- In The Studio -- Public Life And Private Pictures -- Music Makers And Music Lovers -- Volta Jazz : A Band And Its Records -- The Key To Success : Photography And Fitness -- Amplifications : Sanlé Sory's Great Movements Between Photography And Music / Antawan I. Byrd -- Modern Times In Upper Volta : Volta Jazz And The Bobo Music Scene / Florent A. Mazzoleni -- The Afterlives Of Images -- List Of Illustrations And Exhibition Checklist. Starring Sanlé Sory And The People Of Bobo-dioulasso In The Small But Musically Mighty Country Of Burkina Faso. Published In Conjunction With An Exhibition Organized By And Held At The Art Institute Of Chicago, April 27-august 19, 2018. Includes Bibliographical References.