{"product_id":"samuel-fosso-sixsixsix-by-samuel-fosso-9783958295094","title":"Samuel Fosso: SIXSIXSIX","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSIXSIXSIX\u003c\/em\u003e consists of 666 large-format Polaroid self-portraits (each 21.5 x 27 cm), produced in an intensive process by Samuel Fosso with a small team in his Paris studio in 2015 and 2016. Shot against the same rich, coloured backdrop, these striking photographs depart from Fosso's earlier self-portraits through their understated and stripped-back approach. Fosso's challenge was to create 666 self-portraits, each with a different bodily expression, reminding us of the link between his performances and photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Fosso's words: \"In this series there is unhappiness and happiness, misfortune and good fortune. I was very inspired by these two aspects. \u003cem\u003eSIXSIXSIX\u003c\/em\u003e refers to the number of misfortune. By that I mean in terms of what I've encountered in my life up to now. After my illness came the Biafra War; millions of people died, and I was fortunate to be saved. I went to the Central African Republic where I experienced the conflicts of 2014, in which I also could have died. [...] For all that I've been through, God has been with me and saved me. [...] In the end, it's about buried emotions that we ourselves create, and about exorcising my own resentment in the face of this situation. From 1976 to 2014, I have never been at peace in my life when faced with the actions of those who always sow misfortune among children and innocents.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen I work, it's always a performance that I choose to undertake. It's not a subject or an object; it's one more human being.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Fosso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47598109163756,"sku":"9783958295094","price":185.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783958295094-samuel-fosso-sixsixsix.jpg?v=1777961918","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/samuel-fosso-sixsixsix-by-samuel-fosso-9783958295094","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}