Seydou Keïta

Seydou Keïta ( French pronunciation: [sɛdu kɛjta]; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former professional footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder. He is both the record appearance holder and scorer of the Mali national football team.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seydou_Keita&action=edit Quotes The technique of photography is simple, but what made the difference was that I knew the right position for every sitter; I never made a mistake.https://www.nathalieobadia.com/exhibitions/282-seydou-keita/press_release_text/?hl=en-US#:~:text=In%20the%20interest%20of%20saving%20paper%20and,best%20clothes%20and%20captured%20in%20all%20their It's easy to take a photo, but what really made a difference was that I always knew how to find the right position... Their head slightly turned, a serious face, the position of the hands... I was capable of making someone look really good.https://scma.smith.edu/blog/keitas-legacy?hl=en-US#:~:text=Speaking%20to%20his%20own%20ability%20Seydou%20Ke%D1%97ta,capable%20of%20making%20someone%20look%20really%20good.%E2%80%9D To have your photo taken was an important event. The person had to be made to look his or her best.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/09/i-ka-nye-tan-is-bambara-for-you-look-beautiful-like-that/?hl=en-US#:~:text=As%20Ke%C3%AFta%20himself%20put%20it%2C%20%E2%80%9CTo%20have,him%20more%20control%20over%20the%20finished%20product. "Bamako's elite came to have their pictures taken at my studio: civil servants, merchants, politicians.https://www.nathalieobadia.com/exhibitions/282-seydou-keita/press_release_text/?hl=en-US You can't imagine what it was like for me the first time I saw prints of my negatives in large-scale, no spots, clean and perfect. I knew then that my work was really, really good. The people in my pictures look so alive, almost as if they were standing in front of me.https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/09/i-ka-nye-tan-is-bambara-for-you-look-beautiful-like-that/?hl=en-US#:~:text=As%20Ke%C3%AFta%20himself%20put%20it%2C%20%E2%80%9CTo%20have,him%20more%20control%20over%20the%20finished%20product. References