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Taxi Bamako / François Deschamps
Perfect bindings
FA.B115.2368
9 x 7 in
2012
Photobook with perfect bindings and glossy covers. Features images of Bamako, Mali, taken from inside different taxis.
"He always rode in the front seat to engage the drivers in conversations, to better see outside, and to examine the items displayed on the dashboard as the crumbling taxis sat stalled in traffic or careened along the dusty city streets. The dashboard became a metaphor for the driver as he negotiates the dangerous and complex roads of the capital. The chance juxtapositions of interior and exterior were a metaphor for Deschamps' experience in Bamako, inside a mobile cage, close yet separated from the reality outside."--artist's statement