Seydou Keïta - How Africa's Greatest Photographer Went Undiscovered for Five Decades

[@calokid]

2:04 into this and bam! Chills! These are good. I see black and white photos and start to imagine the colors. I am not sure I am supposed to...but definitely have an experience looking at these photos! The exposure is so perfect...and then to hear it's done manually is just wild and a credit to this photographer's true craftsmanship. Wow, this guy is an inspiration! Thank you for sharing this,.

[@thegeniusofphotography]

Thanks for the comment and you’re right, there’s a vibrancy to these b&w images that’s quite hard to explain - but definitely there!

[@melissamenke4231]

I love all the signs of 1950s modernity used as props - it really captures a moment in time

[@thegeniusofphotography]

Yup - his photography was very aspirational and so the props in the photos are very indicative of how his subjects wished to be seen/portrayed!