Samuel Fosso: Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris

In 1997, he produced his iconic series "Tati" - playing the role of various archetypes, from the Liberated American Woman to the Golf Player and the Rocker. Humorous and biting, these images profoundly call into question the concepts of personal and social identity. The ability to enter into other lives, other journeys, is a common thread running through all of Samuel Fosso's work, in which he explores the freedom to reinvent himself and create his own narrative.

Although the genre of autofiction, and more specifically self-portraiture, has been widely used by artists since the 1970s, Samuel Fosso gives this practice a new dimension, one that is all at once political and historical, fictional and intimate. Embodying key historical figures and social archetypes in front of the camera has become for him not only a way of existing in the world, but also a clear demonstration of the power of photography to construct myths.

Gathering together more than 200 images, including vintage prints from the 1970s, iconic colour and black-and-white series from the 1990s and 2000s including "Tati" and "African Spirits", and such recent projects as "SIXSIXSIX", an extensive series of large-format Polaroids, this exhibition provides the first comprehensive look at Samuel Fosso's pioneering work.