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"I was always on the lookout for a photo opportunity, a lighthearted moment, an original attitude, or some guy who was really funny."

— Malick Sidibe

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Man tried to imitate God by drawing; then we invented the photo.

Photographs are reality: they never lie, and that's important to me."

"I think that drawing is somewhat innate in a being, in man."

I wanted to be the photographer of happiness.

There is no such thing as a 'European' or an 'African photography.' It's all the same thing."

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