Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Malick Sidibé NPG x126108

© Sal Idriss / National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sal Idriss

Sidibé studied showed artistic promise at a young age, he studied jewellery making in Bamako, graduating in 1955. Gérard Guillat, a French photographer, gave Sidibé the opportunity to decorate his shop, by 1956 he was Guillat's apprentice. Sidibé bought his first camera the same year and began photographing private events for clients and making portraits. Despite being blind in one eye since childhood, he observed acutely, documenting youth culture in the wake of independence in Mali. He opened his own portrait studio in 1962, while... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.