CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 11/17/2017

Moments of truth, spirited away in 'Malick Sidibé: Mali Twist'

“Un yéyé en position” (1963) is reproduced from drop-dead gorgeous Staff Favorite Holiday Gift Book (and 2017 Paris Photo highlight) Malick Sidibé: Mali Twist. “Looking at his portraits is like following a stylized reportage on a dynamic generation of African youth,” Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop is quoted in the book, “open to the world, uninhibited, and full of aspirations that are offbeat and legitimate at the same time. He spirited away moments of truth, solemnity, fantasy, and built a mosaic of little stories that intertwine to form a single, unique story, which is that of his people. I’d like someone to say that about me one day.”