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BBC - Congo's sapeurs pass their style on to a new generation
Tariq Zaidi COLLECTOR'S EDITION: Sapeurs. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo Motif: »Elie with Umbrella« (2017)
British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa & Brazzaville: La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (Society of Ambiance-Makers & Elegant People). Its followers are known as »Sapeurs« (»Sapeuses« for women). Most have ordinary day jobs as taxi-drivers, tailors and gardeners, but as soon as they clock off they transform themselves into debonair dandies. Sashaying through the streets they are treated like rock stars – turning heads, bringing ‘joie de vivre’ to their communities and defying their circumstances. Traditionally passed down through the male line, many Congolese women and their children have recently begun donning designer suits. As Papa Wemba (1949–2016, Congolese singer and fashion icon who popularized Sape) once said: »White people invented the clothes, but we make an art of it.«
Collector's Edition:
- Book »Sapeurs. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo«
- Signed and numbered Archival Inkjet Print on 325 gsm Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta (Image 24 x 16 cm, Sheet 25 x 17 cm)
- Limitied Edition of 25
- Delivery without frame
Pricing:
- Ed. 1-5: 128 € sold out!
- Ed. 6-15: 190 €
- Ed. 16-25: 250 €
Half-cloth hardcover
19 x 27 cm
176 pages
121 color illustrations
English
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-973-2-C-3
2020
Artists:
Design:
SMITH
Product information "Tariq Zaidi"
British photographer Tariq Zaidi presents a fashion subculture of Kinshasa & Brazzaville: La Sape, Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes (Society of Ambiance-Makers & Elegant People). Its followers are known as »Sapeurs« (»Sapeuses« for women). Most have ordinary day jobs as taxi-drivers, tailors and gardeners, but as soon as they clock off they transform themselves into debonair dandies. Sashaying through the streets they are treated like rock stars – turning heads, bringing ‘joie de vivre’ to their communities and defying their circumstances. Traditionally passed down through the male line, many Congolese women and their children have recently begun donning designer suits. As Papa Wemba (1949–2016, Congolese singer and fashion icon who popularized Sape) once said: »White people invented the clothes, but we make an art of it.«
Collector's Edition:
- Book »Sapeurs. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo«
- Signed and numbered Archival Inkjet Print on 325 gsm Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta (Image 24 x 16 cm, Sheet 25 x 17 cm)
- Limitied Edition of 25
- Delivery without frame
Pricing:
- Ed. 1-5: 128 € sold out!
- Ed. 6-15: 190 €
- Ed. 16-25: 250 €
Half-cloth hardcover
19 x 27 cm
176 pages
121 color illustrations
English
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-973-2-C-3
2020
Artists:
Design:
SMITH
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