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PHOTOGRAPHER

Malick Sidibé

1935 - 2016

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Malick Sidibé (1935 – 14 April 2016) was a Malian photographer from a Fulani village in Soloba, who was noted for his black-and-white studies of popular culture in the 1960s in Bamako. Sidibé had a long and fruitful career as a photographer in Bamako, Mali, and was a well-known figure in his community. In 1994 he had his first exhibition outside of Mali and received much critical praise for his carefully composed portraits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malick Sidibé has received more than 149,013 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Malick Sidibé is the 100th most popular photographer, the 24th most popular biography from Mali and the most popular Malian Photographer.

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  • 150k

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  • 45.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Malick Sidibé ranks 100 out of 105. Before him are Garry Winogrand, F. Holland Day, William P. Gottlieb, Ellen von Unwerth, Lotte Jacobi, and Lola Álvarez Bravo. After him are Hedi Slimane, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Ilse Bing, Sally Mann, Helen Levitt, and Annemarie Heinrich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Malick Sidibé ranks 330. Before him are Dariush Shayegan, Antal Kiss, Giacomo Losi, Johnny Mathis, Michael Chapman, and Agnes Simon. After him are Türkan Saylan, Jadwiga Barańska, Víctor Benítez, Roger Hargreaves, Anne Treisman, and Henning Enoksen. Among people deceased in 2016, Malick Sidibé ranks 336. Before him are Giorgio Albertazzi, Gilbert Kaplan, Heinrich Schiff, Peter Maxwell Davies, Halfdan T. Mahler, and Françoise Mallet-Joris. After him are Solomon W. Golomb, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Geydar Dzhemal, Rune Larsson, and Kimbo Slice.

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In Mali

Among people born in Mali, Malick Sidibé ranks 24 out of 62. Before him are Boubacar Traoré (1942), Jean Zerbo (1943), Seydou Keita (1980), Modibo Keita (1942), Souleymane Cissé (1940), and Yambo Ouologuem (1940). After him are Choguel Kokalla Maïga (1958), Moctar Ouane (1955), Mahamadou Diarra (1981), Toumani Diabaté (1965), Soumaïla Cissé (1949), and Modibo Sidibé (1952).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Mali

Among photographers born in Mali, Malick Sidibé ranks 1. 

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