Prai$e the Lord Artist's Books they almost seem to follow

they almost seem to follow Louis Althusser’s famous reformulation of Lenin: “without theory

Shot between 1971 and 1983

Vince Aletti

Siamo noi che attribuiamo alle pietre qualcosa che in realtà non posseggono

Prai$e the Lord Artist's Books they almost seem to followThere is only one photograph of Sheikh Amadou Bamba, the founder of the Mouride sect of Islam. He is standing beside a wooden wall, wearing a white kaftan. It is sunny: he squints into the light. And although his face is partially concealed, his eyes are visible. He stares directly into the camera this portrait is probably the most reproduced image in Senegal. Orginally taken in 1917, it is replicated across every imaginable surface in the country.