Fosso, Samuel, 1962-
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Name (Latin)
Fosso, Samuel, 1962-
Date of birth
1962-07-17
Other designation
Artists, Black
Place of birth
Kumba (Cameroon)
Associated country
Central African Republic
Other associated place
Nigeria
Occupation
Photographers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Portraits of pride, c2002:title page (Samuel Fosso) page 104 (born in Cameroon, 1962)
- Folk art africain?, 2015:title page (Samuel Fosso) page 114 (b. 1962 in Kumba, Cameroon; lives and works in Bangui, Central African Republic; childhood in Nigeria which he fled due to the Biafra war in 1970; at age 14, opened his first photo studio in Bangui)
- Samuel Fosso (b. July 17, 1962, Kumba, Cameroon, to Nigerian parents) grew up in Afikpo, his ancestral home, until he had to flee to Bangui in the Central African Republic at the age of thirteen in 1972 in the wake of the Nigerian Civil War; Photographer who has worked for most of his career in the Central African Republic ( (Wikipedia, July 19, 2021) )
Wikipedia description:
Samuel Fosso (born 1962) is a Cameroonian-born Nigerian photographer who has worked for most of his career in the Central African Republic. His work includes using self-portraits adopting a series of personas, often commenting on the history of Africa. One of his most famous works of art, and what he is best known for, is his "autoportraits" where he takes either himself or other more recognizable people and draws them in a style of popular culture or politics. He is recognized as one of Central Africa's leading contemporary artists. He won the Prince Claus Award from the Netherlands in 2001 and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2023.
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