AutoportraitAUTOPORTRAIT is the first comprehensive survey of Samuel Fossos multifaceted oeuvre. Since the mid 1970s, the artist has focused on self portraiture and performance, envisioning variations of identity in the postcolonial era. From Fossos early self portraits in black andwhite from the 1970s to his recent, continually inventive exercises in self presentation, highlights include the vibrant series Tati (1997), in which he playfully inhabits African and

In the mornings the birds wake

he photographed the interiors of homes and their inhabitants

Ultimately

Revelations explores the origins

The result suggests a vast nation whose prospects have much to do with global prospects

as if greeting us with equal parts charm and curiosity

looking away at my world as a female with the best possible hope

One of the most influential American artists working today

This book visualizes an important

"This book has been in the making for more than ten years

one of the leading curators of contemporary photography in Europe and director of the Maison Européenne de la photographie (MEP)

with Simon shooting some of the most intimate