TH: I'd say that's partly luck due to Malick's talent and his infectious personality.
Mali was a French colony when Malick was young and his talent was spotted by the administration. He was encouraged to enlist at the Institut National des Arts de Bamako and it was here that he met the French photographer Gérard Guillat-Guignard from who he learnt his craft. Soon afterwards Gérard moved back to France and Malick was able to buy some equipment and set up his own studio in 1958…"
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