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Shortly after leaving post-war Nigeria in the early 70s to join his uncle in Central Africa Republic, Samuel Fosso opened his own photo studio at the age of 13 and began making the photos that would rank him among the most important 20th century African photographers.\u00a0 Now on view at Yossi Milo Gallery<\/a>, a selection of work from \u201875 to \u201878 demonstrates the teen\u2019s inventiveness and records Fosso\u2019s experience of contemporary pop culture through self-styling.\u00a0 In the gallery\u2019s back room is work from the photographer\u2019s 2008 \u2018African Spirit\u2019 series (also currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art) for which Fosso dressed himself as important leaders in the African diaspora from Dr Martin Luther King to Angela Davis by way of tribute.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through Nov 8.)<\/p>\n

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Samuel Fosso, work from the series \u2018Autoportrait,\u2019 installed at Yossi Milo Gallery, Sept 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shortly after leaving post-war Nigeria in the early 70s to join his uncle in Central Africa Republic, Samuel Fosso opened his own photo studio at the age of 13 and began making the photos that would rank him among the most important 20th century African photographers.\u00a0 Now on view at Yossi Milo Gallery, a selection … <\/p>\n

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