Self Portrait, 1976
- Artist
Samuel Fosso
- Title
Self Portrait
- Date
1976
- Medium
Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm)
- Edition
8
- Credit line
The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee
- Object Number
2003.10.23
Samuel Fosso opened his own photography studio in 1975, at the age of thirteen. Self Portrait, taken a year later, is an early work from his career-long project of self-portraiture as self-fashioning. Using the remaining frames on unfinished rolls of film from shoots with clients, Fosso photographed himself, experimenting with costume, pose, and backdrop. His portraits explore and challenge a variety of Pan-African identities, drawing inspiration from Black magazines in the United States, friends and family, and images of independence movement leaders from across the diaspora.
Self Portrait, 1976
- Artist
Samuel Fosso
- Title
Self Portrait
- Date
1976
- Medium
Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
40 × 40 in. (101.6 × 101.6 cm)
- Edition
8
- Credit line
The Studio Museum in Harlem; Museum purchase with funds provided by the Acquisition Committee
- Object Number
2003.10.23
Samuel Fosso opened his own photography studio in 1975, at the age of thirteen. Self Portrait, taken a year later, is an early work from his career-long project of self-portraiture as self-fashioning. Using the remaining frames on unfinished rolls of film from shoots with clients, Fosso photographed himself, experimenting with costume, pose, and backdrop. His portraits explore and challenge a variety of Pan-African identities, drawing inspiration from Black magazines in the United States, friends and family, and images of independence movement leaders from across the diaspora.