Allison Cashin submits Seydou Keita

Seydou Keita is a self taught photographer form Bamako, Mali.  Keita is mostly known for his portraits of people and families between the 40's and 60's.  His work is a record of the Malian people but also as works of art.  The subjects in Keita's are in generically posed on a simple set but the spirit of the people and their dress warm up the images.