
Praise the Lord
- Publisher
- Witty Books
- Year
- 2022
- ISBN
- 979-12-80177-17-9
- Specifications
- Hard cover with silkscreen
23 x 28 cm
96 pages
500 copies
Text by Jeremy Hutchison
Design by Giulia Boccarossa
There is only one photograph of Sheikh Amadou Bamba, the founder of the Mouride sect of Islam. He is standing beside a wooden wall, wearing a white kaftan. Originally taken in 1917, it is replicated across every imaginable surface in Senegal. This process of continual reproduction has seen Amadou Bamba's portrait transform from a representation into an icon — from the prosaic to the sublime — which is the central theme of Dani Pujalte's project. Initially tracing the passage of Bamba's image across the everyday surfaces of Senegal, his photographic inquiry expands to document a broader theme: the ongoing dialogue between commerce and faith, material culture and Sufi mysticism.