LEADER 02108ngm a22002897a 4500005 20161125134816.0 005 hubpceu 007 v| |||||| 008 121017b########xx#|||############m|fra|| 003 hubpceuo 099 FL Record |f1261 100 Cohen, Paul, |edirector. 100 Van Haalen, Martijn, |edirector. 245 Photo Souvenir 300 DVD-ROM (54 min.) 337 Moving image 500 Verzio Film Festival Submission 520 n the 60s and 70s, Philippe Koudjina, who was born in Benin and now lives in Niamey, Niger, was a much loved and popular photographer. Today, the almost blind man sits daily in his wheel chair next to the main street and greets the people passing by, whom he photographed during the euphoric times of independence. His black and white photos show people dancing the Twist to rock and roll music and enthusiastically embracing themselves. These documents of his time have artistic value nowadays. While similar photographs of other African photographers gain high prices in art metropolises like New York and Paris (for example: Malick Sidibé, Golden Lion, Venice Biennale, 2007), Koudjina’s work remains unknown. “Photo Souvenir” questions the exclusiveness of the international market. It asks: Which aspects of Koudjina´s photography are relevant in order to give his work recognition in the western world? Away from Koudjina's daily life, we follow two French art connoisseurs who try to offer his photographs to the French galerie: agnes b. 580 Verzio Film Festival Submission 655 4 Documentary films 260 Netherlands : |bCPS Films/VPRO TV, |c2006. 041 fra |jeng 952 |00 |10 |40 |50 |70 |8FL |991187FL |bFL |d2016-11-25 |l0 |r2016-11-25 |w2016-11-25 |yDVD-ROM 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6FL_RECORD_1261_000000000000000 |70 |8FL |9146609FL |bFL |d2019-03-06 |l0 |oFL Record 1261 |pHU_OSA_00002919.mp4 |r2021-11-04 |w2019-03-06 |yDIGIFILM |zAccess Copy, MP4 format |cAudio Visual 920 01 doy7ndYk 966 True |bHU_OSA_00002919 |cDigitally Anywhere / With Registration