The Story of Senegalese Visionary Mama Casset
During West Africa’s prolific era of portrait photography in the 1900s, Mama Casset emerged as one of Senegal’s pioneering figures. When portrait photography first started to emerge from French West…
by October Gallery
During West Africa’s prolific era of portrait photography in the 1900s, Mama Casset emerged as one of Senegal’s pioneering figures. When portrait photography first started to emerge from French West…
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