Samuel Fosso

David-Pierre Fila

Congo / 2012 / Documentary / 39’0”I1306157

Samuel Fosso
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SYNOPSIS

Born in 1962 Samuel Fosso was 13 when he became a trainee in the studio of a local photographer. At night, when the clients were gone, he used to take photos of himself to finish the day's films and send pictures to his grandma. Now considered a master in the art of self-portrait, photographer Samuel Fosso lives and works in Bangui, in the Central African Republic.

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