Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens bangles The scent is light

The scent is light

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draws from across Keïta's rich oeuvre—spanning iconic portraits and rarely seen vintage prints to never-before-shown negatives—to explore the social and political realities

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Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens bangles The scent is lightPublished with Brooklyn Museum. Seydou Keta's photographs capture Malian culture during an era of radical transformation. As a commercial portrait photographer, Keta had a remarkable ability to draw out tactile details and emotions from his subjects, creating strikingly intimate portraits that have resonated with audiences across geographic and cultural borders. In 1948, Keta opened one of the city's first photography studios. Located in Bamako Coura,