Bouna Medoune Seye (also Bouna Médoune Sèye, 19 October 1956 – 27 December 2017) was a Senegalese painter, photographer, costume designer and filmmaker.[1][2] Born in Dakar, Senegal, he studied in Marseilles, France, and photographed the tramps on the streets of Dakar for five years. He then started out in cinema as an art director and later film director.[1][3][4][5]

Bouna Medoune Seye (Bouna Médoune Sèye)
Born(1956-10-19)19 October 1956
Died27 December 2017(2017-12-27) (aged 61)
Paris, France
NationalitySenegalese
Occupation(s)painter, photographer, costume designer, film director, screen writer, film producer
The set of Seye's first short film Bandit Cinéma in front of the Corona cinema, Dakar, 1992.
A scene of Bandit Cinéma, 1992.

Filmography

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Sèye was involved in a number of films including:[3][6]

  • 1994 Bandit Cinéma, short drama, 24 minutes, director and screen writer
  • 1994 Flora Gomes: A Mascara (Le Masque), set photographer
  • 1995 Saï Saï By – dans les Tapas de Dakar, 13 minutes, director
  • 1995 Les pieds dans les rues de Dakar, director
  • 1995 Gahité Fofana: Témèdi, art director
  • 1996 Rouge feu, director
  • 1997 Moussa Sene Absa: Tableau Ferraille, production designer
  • 1998 Zone Rap, documentary, 52 minutes, director
  • 2007 Léandre-Alain Baker: Ramata, costume designer

Exhibitions

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Paintings

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Source:[3]

  • 1993 Peinture Racine, Chambre Blanche Gallery, Quebec, Canada
  • 2000 Heart Gallery, Paris
  • 2002 Dakar Biennale
  • 2005 Exhibition "This is happening", together with Pascal Nampémanla Traoré (Côte d'Ivoire), Dakar, Senegal

Photography

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Source:[3]

Publication

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  • Bouna Medoune Seye (1994). Les trottoirs de Dakar (Dakar sidewalks). Paris: Editions Revue noire. p. 96. ISBN 9782909571096. 51 photographs.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Urgent: Le cinéaste Bouna Médoune Sèye décédé à Paris". dakar92.com (in French). 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Expositions Bouna Medoune Seye. La cour de Joe du mercredi 27.05.1998 au dimanche 30.08.1998". mep-fr.org (in French). Maison européenne de la photographie. 1998. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Bouna Médoune Sèye". africine.org (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  4. ^ Dia, Thierno I. (2018). "Bouna Médoune, le cinéma par effraction et l'image en infusion". imagesfrancophones.org (in French). Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ Barlet, Olivier (30 August 2002). "Entretien d'Olivier Barlet avec Bouna Medoune Sèye (Sénégal)". africine.org (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Bouna Medoune Seye 19 October 1956 – 27 December 2017. Director, Adaptation, Production Designer, Costume designer". unifrance.org. Unifrance. 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  7. ^ Yacouba Konaté (1996). "Reviewed Works: Bouna Medoune Seye: Les trottoirs de Dakar. Dorris Haron Kasco: Les Fous d'Abidjan. John Liebenberg: Namibia. Cahiers d'Études Africaines, Vol. 36, Cahier 141/142, Images (1996), pp. 306–307". jstor.org (in French). Retrieved 7 July 2023.