Faces, figures and anthropized landscapes render the portrait 
of an entire country, Malick Sidibé's Mali, highlighting the 
ethical value of the human identity, from the individual to his 
relationship with the social group. The studio portraits, 
characterised by the meticulousness of the poses and the shots 
that render the lively atmosphere of the parties in Bamako's 
clubs, all strictly in black and white, stand alongside the 
colour photographs on life in the village of Soloba, in the 
constant dialogue between the solid construction of a portrait 
and the staging of a kind of "plural family album". Il ritratto 
del Mali is the second volume in the Sinetica Landscape series 
edited by Sabrina Zannier. A project on international 
contemporary photography, focusing on the theme of travel, 
which every year presents the gaze of a great photographer on 
his or her own country, from Africa to Europe, from Asia to 
the Middle East.

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