Sory Sanlé

Sanlé Sory is a Burkinabé photographer born in 1943, owner of the Volta Photo studio. He lives and works in Bobo-Dioulasso.

Unknown or forgotten, the golden age of voltaic photography is fully embodied by Sory Sanlé whose images have been preserved for many decades. His work portrays a unique sense of social and cultural effervescence. Adorned with a certain natural elegance, Bobo-Dioulasso’s photographs echoes Renoir’s words that « more local, more universal ».