Dorris Haron Kasco

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Dorris Haron Kasco
Born1966 (age 58–59)
Daloa, Ivory Coast [1] [2]
Occupation(s)Photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker

Dorris Haron Kasco (born 1966) [3] [4] is an Ivorian photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker. Kasco explores the social demons that haunt African cities. [5] His black and white photo book, The Madmen of Abidjan (1994; French : Les fous d'Abidjan), explores the lives of mentally ill people in Abidjan. [6]

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  1. ↑ Matt, Gerald; Miessgang, Thomas; Schröder, Barbara (2002). Flash Afrique!. Kunsthalle Wien. ISBN   978-3-88243-638-9.
  2. ↑ Imaginário (in Brazilian Portuguese). Núcleo de Estudo Interdisciplinar do Imaginário Ruy Coelho, Laboratório de Geografia Urbana e Planejamento, Universidade de São Paulo. 2003. p. 241.
  3. ↑ Njami, Simon (2001). Mémoires intimes d'un nouveau millénaire: IVes rencontres de la photographie africaine, Bamako, 2001 (in French). Editions Eric Koehler. p. 50. ISBN   978-2-7107-0680-9.
  4. ↑ Bamako, Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie 6, 2005 (2005). VIes Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie: Bamako 2005, un autre monde (in French). Koehler. p. 37. ISBN   978-2-7107-0725-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Middleton, John; Njogu, Kimani (January 4, 2010). Media and Identity in Africa. Indiana University Press. p. 187. ISBN   978-0-253-22201-5.
  6. ↑ Fiis, Henrik (2020-06-24). "Les Fous D'Abidjan". Eyestorm.
  7. ↑ Konaté, Yacouba (1996). "Review of Bouna Medoune Seye. Les trottoirs de Dakar; Dorris Haron Kasco. Les Fous d'Abidjan; Namibia". Cahiers d'Études Africaines. 36 (141/142): 306–307. ISSN   0008-0055.


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