Prai$e the Lord Artist's Books each set comprising a numbered

each set comprising a numbered (1-20) and signed copy of the book together with one of twenty prints (15 x 18 cm

they almost seem to follow Louis Althusser’s famous reformulation of Lenin: “without theory

Shot between 1971 and 1983

Candida Hofer

Vince Aletti

Prai$e the Lord Artist's Books each set comprising a numberedThere is only one photograph of Sheikh Amadou Bamba, the founder of the Mouride sect of Islam. He is standing beside a wooden wall, wearing a white kaftan. It is sunny: he squints into the light. And although his face is partially concealed, his eyes are visible. He stares directly into the camera this portrait is probably the most reproduced image in Senegal. Orginally taken in 1917, it is replicated across every imaginable surface in the country.